2nd Grade TEKS

Social StudiesSS.2.01A Explain the significance of various community, state, and national celebrations such as Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Thanksgiving.SS.2.01B Identify and explain the significance of various community, state, and national landmarks such as monuments and government buildings.SS.2.02A Describe the order of events by using designations of time periods such as historical and present times.SS.2.02B Apply vocabulary related to chronology, including past, present, and future.SS.2.02C Create and interpret timelines for events in the past and present.SS.2.03A Identify several sources of information about a given period or event such as reference materials, biographies, newspapers, and electronic sources.SS.2.03B Describe various evidence of the same time period using primary sources such as photographs, journals, and interviews.SS.2.04A Identify contributions of historical figures, including Thurgood Marshall, Irma Rangel, John Hancock, and Theodore Roosevelt, who have influenced the community, state, and nation.SS.2.04B Identify historical figures such as Amelia Earhart, W. E. B. DuBois, Robert Fulton, and George Washington Carver who have exhibited individualism and inventiveness.SS.2.04C Explain how people and events have influenced local community history.SS.2.05A Interpret information on maps and globes using basic map elements such as title, orientation (north, south, east, west), and legend/map keys.SS.2.05B Create maps to show places and routes within the home, school, and community.SS.2.06A Identify major landforms and bodies of water, including each of the continents and each of the oceans, on maps and globes.SS.2.06B Locate places of significance, including the local community, Texas, the state capital, the U.S. capital, major cities in Texas, the coast of Texas, Canada, Mexico, and the United States on maps and globes.SS.2.06C Examine information from various sources about places and regions.

SS.2.07A Describe how weather patterns and seasonal patterns affect activities and settlement patterns.

SS.2.07B Describe how natural resources and natural hazards affect activities and settlement patterns.

SS.2.07C Explain how people depend on the physical environment and natural resources to meet basic needs.

SS.2.07D Identify the characteristics of different communities, including urban, suburban, and rural, and how they affect activities and settlement patterns.

SS.2.08A Identify ways in which people have modified the physical environment such as building roads, clearing land for urban development and agricultural use, and drilling for oil.SS.2.08B Identify positive and negative consequences of human modification of the physical environment such as the use of irrigation to improve crop yields.SS.2.08C Identify ways people can conserve and replenish natural resources.SS.2.09A Explain how work provides income to purchase goods and services.SS.2.09B Explain the choices people in the U.S. free enterprise system can make about earning, spending, and saving money and where to live and work.SS.2.10A Distinguish between producing and consuming.SS.2.10B Identify ways in which people are both producers and consumers.SS.2.10C Examine the development of a product from a natural resource to a finished product.SS.2.11A Identify functions of governments such as establishing order, providing security, and managing conflict.SS.2.11B Identify governmental services in the community such as police and fire protection, libraries, schools, and parks and explain their value to the community.SS.2.11C Describe how governments tax citizens to pay for services.SS.2.12A Name current public officials, including mayor, governor, and president.SS.2.12B Compare the roles of public officials, including mayor, governor, and president.SS.2.12C Identify ways that public officials are selected, including election and appointment to office.SS.2.12D Identify how citizens participate in their own governance through staying informed of what public officials are doing, providing input to them, and volunteering to participate in government functions.SS.2.13A Identify characteristics of good citizenship, including truthfulness, justice, equality, respect for oneself and others, responsibility in daily life, and participation in government by educating oneself about the issues, respectfully holding public officials to their word, and voting.SS.2.13B Identify historical figures such as Paul Revere, Abigail Adams, World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) and Navajo Code Talkers, and Sojourner Truth who have exemplified good citizenship.SS.2.13C Identify other individuals who exemplify good citizenship.SS.2.13D Identify ways to actively practice good citizenship, including involvement in community service.SS.2.14A Recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag and the Pledge to the Texas Flag.

SS.2.14B Identify selected patriotic songs, including “The Star Spangled Banner” and “America the Beautiful.”SS.2.14C Identify selected symbols such as state and national birds and flowers and patriotic symbols such as the U.S. and Texas flags and Uncle Sam.SS.2.14D Identify how selected customs, symbols, and celebrations reflect an American love of individualism, inventiveness, and freedom.SS.2.15A Identify selected stories, poems, statues, paintings, and other examples of the local cultural heritage.SS.2.15B Explain the significance of selected stories, poems, statues, paintings, and other examples of the local cultural heritage.

SS.2.16A Identify the significance of various ethnic and/or cultural celebrations.SS.2.16B Compare ethnic and/or cultural celebrations.

SS.2.17A Describe how science and technology change communication, transportation, and recreation.

SS.2.17B Explain how science and technology change the ways in which people meet basic needs.

SS.2.18A Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid oral sources such as conversations, interviews, and music.

SS.2.18B Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid visual sources such as pictures, maps, electronic sources, literature, reference sources, and artifacts.

SS..2.18C Use various parts of a source, including the table of contents, glossary, and index, as well as keyword Internet searches to locate information.

SS.2.18D Sequence and categorize information. SS.2.18E Interpret oral, visual, and print material by identifying the main idea,

predicting, and comparing and contrasting.SS.2.19A Express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences.

SS.2.19B Create written and visual material such as stories, poems, maps, and graphic organizers to express ideas.SS.2.20A Use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution.SS.2.20B Use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, generate options, predict outcomes, take action to implement a decision, and reflect on the effectiveness of that decision.

MathMATH.2.1A Use concrete models of hundreds, tens, and ones to represent a given whole number (up to 999) in various ways.

MATH.2.1B Use place value to read, write, and describe the value of whole numbers, to 999, in standard, expanded, and written forms.

MATH.2.1C Use place value to compare and order whole numbers to 999 and record the comparisons using numbers and symbols (<, =, >), moving from concrete and pictorial representations to the symbolic level. MATH.2.2A Use concrete models to represent and name fractional parts of a whole object (with denominators of 12 or less), using a variety of manipulatives.MATH.2.2B Use concrete models to represent and name fractional parts of a set of objects (with denominators of 12 or less), using a variety of manipulatives.MATH.2.2C Use concrete models to determine if a fractional part of a whole is closer to 0, ½ or 1.

MATH.2.3A Recall and apply basic addition and subtraction facts (to 18), using them to work flexibly, efficiently, and accurately when solving problems.

MATH.2.3B Model addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers with objects, pictures, words, and numbers.

MATH.2.3C Select addition or subtraction to solve problems using two-digit numbers, whether or not regrouping is necessary, using a variety of strategies.

MATH.2.3D Determine the value of a collection of coins up to one dollar.MATH.2.3E Describe how the cent symbol, dollar symbol, and the decimal point are used to name the value of a collection of coins.MATH.2.4A Model, create, and describe multiplication situations in which equivalent sets of concrete objects are joined.MATH.2.4B Model, create, and describe division situations in which a set of concrete objects is separated into equivalent sets. MATH.2.5A Find patterns in numbers such as in a 100s chart.MATH.2.5B Use patterns in place value to compare and order whole numbers through 999.

MATH.2.5C Use patterns and relationships to develop strategies to remember basic addition and subtraction facts. Determine patterns in related addition and subtraction number sentences (including fact families) such as 8 + 9 = 17, 9 + 8 = 17, 17 – 8 = 9, and 17 – 9 = 8.MATH.2.6A Generate a list of paired numbers based on a real-life situation such as number of tricycles related to number of wheels. MATH.2.6B Identify and describe patterns in a list of related number pairs based on a real-life situation and extend the list. MATH.2.6C Identify, describe, and extend repeating and additive (growing) patterns to make predictions and solve problems.

MATH.2.7A Describe attributes (the number of vertices, faces, edges, sides) of two- and three-dimensional geometric figures such as circles, polygons, spheres, cones, cylinders, prisms, and pyramids, etc.

MATH.2.7B Use attributes to describe how 2 two-dimensional figures or 2 three-dimensional geometric figures are alike or different.

MATH.2.7C Cut two-dimensional geometric figures apart and identify the new geometric figures formed. MATH.2.8 Use whole numbers to locate and name points on a number line, moving from concrete and pictorial representations to the symbolic level.

MATH.2.9A Identify concrete models that approximate standard units of length and use them to measure length in the customary system and SI (metric) system. MATH.2.9B Select a non-standard unit of measure such as square tiles to determine the area of a two-dimensional surface.

MATH.2.9C Select a non-standard unit of measure such as a bathroom cup or a jar to determine the capacity of a given container. MATH.2.9D Select a non-standard unit of measure such as beans or marbles to determine the weight/mass of a given object.MATH.2.10A Read a thermometer to gather data (in degrees Fahrenheit

MATH.2.10B Read and write times shown on analog and digital clocks using five-minute increments. MATH.2.10C Describe activities that take approximately one second, one minute, and one hour.MATH.2.11A Construct picture graphs and bar-type graphs.

MATH.2.11B Draw conclusions and answer questions based on picture graphs and bar-type graphs. MATH.2.11C Use data to describe events as more likely or less likely such as drawing a certain color crayon from a bag of seven red crayons and three green crayons.

MATH.2.12A Identify the mathematics in everyday situations. MATH.2.12B Solve problems with guidance that incorporates the processes of

understanding the problem, making a plan, carrying out the plan, and evaluating the solution for reasonableness.

MATH.2.12C Select or develop an appropriate problem-solving plan or strategy including drawing a picture, looking for a pattern, systematic guessing and checking, or acting it out in order to solve a problem.

MATH.2.12D Use tools such as real objects, manipulatives, and technology to solve problems.

MATH.2.13A Explain and record observations using objects, words, pictures, numbers, and technology.

MATH.2.13B Relate informal language to mathematical language and symbols. MATH.2.14 Justify his or her thinking using objects, words, pictures, numbers, and

technology.

ScienceSCI.2.1A Identify and demonstrate safe practices as described in the Texas Safety Standards during classroom and outdoor investigations, including wearing safety goggles, washing hands, and using materials appropriately.

SCI.2.1B Describe the importance of safe practices. SCI.2.1C Identify and demonstrate how to use, conserve, and dispose of natural

resources and materials such as conserving water and reuse or recycling of paper, plastic, and metal.

SCI.2.2A Ask questions about organisms, objects, and events during observations and investigations.

SCI.2.2B Plan and conduct descriptive investigations such as how organisms grow. SCI.2.2C Collect data from observations using simple equipment such as hand

lenses, primary balances, thermometers, and non-standard measurement tools. SCI.2.2D Record and organize data using pictures, numbers, and words. SCI.2.2E Communicate observations and justify explanations using student-

generated data from simple descriptive investigations. SCI.2.2F Compare results of investigations with what students and scientists know

about the world. SCI.2.3A Identify and explain a problem in his/her own words and propose a task and

solution for the problem such as lack of water in a habitat. SCI.2.3B Make predictions based on observable patterns.SCI.2.3C Identify what a scientist is and explore what different scientists do.SCI.2.4A Collect, record, and compare information using tools, including

computers ,hand lenses, rulers, primary balances, plastic beakers, magnets, collecting nets, notebooks, and safety goggles; timing devices, including clocks and stopwatches ; weather instruments such as thermometers , wind vanes, and rain gauges; and materials to support observations of habitats of organisms such as terrariums and aquariums.

SCI.2.4B Measure and compare organisms and objects using non-standard units that approximate metric units.SCI.2.5A Classify matter by physical properties, including shape, relative mass, relative temperature, texture, flexibility, and whether material is a solid or liquid.SCI.2.5B Compare changes in materials caused by heating and cooling.SCI.2.5C Demonstrate that things can be done to materials to change their physical properties such as cutting, folding, sanding, and melting.SCI.2.5D Combine materials that when put together can do things that they cannot do by themselves such as building a tower or a bridge and justify the selection of those materials based on their physical properties.

SCI.2.6A Investigate the effects on an object by increasing or decreasing amounts of light, heat, and sound energy such as how the color of an object appears different in dimmer light or how heat melts butter.SCI.2.6B Observe and identify how magnets are used in everyday life.SCI.2.6C Trace the changes in the position of an object over time such as a cup rolling on the floor and a car rolling down a ramp.SCI.2.6D Compare patterns of movement of objects such as sliding, rolling, and spinning.SCI.2.7A Observe and describe rocks by size, texture, and color.SCI.2.7B Identify and compare the properties of natural sources of freshwater and saltwater.SCI.2.7C Distinguish between natural and manmade resources.SCI.2.8A Measure, record, and graph weather information, including temperature, wind conditions, precipitation, and cloud coverage, in order to identify patterns in the data.SCI.2.8B Identify the importance of weather and seasonal information to make choices in clothing, activities, and transportation.SCI.2.8C Explore the processes in the water cycle, including evaporation, condensation, and precipitation, as connected to weather conditions.SCI.2.8D Observe, describe, and record patterns of objects in the sky, including the appearance of the Moon.SCI.2.9A Identify the basic needs of plants and animals.SCI.2.9B Identify factors in the environment, including temperature and precipitation that affect growth and behavior such as migration, hibernation, and dormancy of living things.SCI.2.9C Compare and give examples of the ways living organisms depend on each other and on their environments such as food chains within a garden, park, beach, lake, and wooded area. SCI.2.10A Observe, record, and compare how the physical characteristics and behaviors of animals help them meet their basic needs such as fins help fish move and balance in the water.SCI.2.10B Observe, record, and compare how the physical characteristics of plants help them meet their basic needs such as stems carry water throughout the plant.SCI.2.10C Investigate and record some of the unique stages that insects undergo during their life cycle.

SCI.3.2A Plan and implement descriptive investigations, including asking and answering questions, making inferences, and selecting and using equipment or technology needed to solve a specific problem in the natural world.

ELAELA.2.RC.A Establish purposes for reading selected texts based upon content to enhance comprehension. ELA.2.RC.B Ask literal questions of text.ELA.2.RC.C Monitor and adjust comprehension (e.g., using background knowledge, creating sensory images, rereading a portion aloud, generating questions).ELA.2.RC.D Make inferences about text using textual evidence to support understanding.ELA.2.RC.E Retell important events in stories in logical order.ELA.2.RC.F Make connections to own experiences, to ideas in other texts, and to the larger community and discuss textual evidence.ELA.2.1A Distinguish features of a sentence (e.g., capitalization of first word, ending punctuation, commas, quotation marks).ELA.2.2A.i Decode multisyllabic words in context and independent of context by applying common letter-sound correspondences including single letters (consonants and vowels). ELA.2.2A.ii  Decode multisyllabic words in context and independent of context by applying common letter-sound correspondences including consonant blends (e.g., thr, spl).ELA.2.2A.iii Decode multisyllabic words in context and independent of context by applying common letter-sound correspondences including consonant digraphs (e.g., ng, ck, ph).ELA.2.2A.iv Decode multisyllabic words in context and independent of context by applying common letter-sound correspondences including vowel digraphs (e.g., ie, ue, ew) and diphthongs (e.g., oi, ou).ELA.2.2B.i  Use common syllabication patterns to decode words including closed syllable (CVC) (e.g., pic-nic, mon-ster).ELA.2.2B.ii Use common syllabication patterns to decode words including open syllable (CV) (e.g., ti-ger).ELA.2.2B.iii Use common syllabication patterns to decode words including final stable syllable (e.g., sta-tion, tum-ble).ELA.2.2B.iv Use common syllabication patterns to decode words including vowel-consonant-silent "e" words (VCe) (e.g., in-vite, cape).ELA.2.2B.vi Use common syllabication patterns to decode words including vowel digraphs and diphthongs (e.g., boy-hood, oat-meal).ELA.2.2B.v Use common syllabication patterns to decode words including r-controlled vowels (e.g., per-fect, cor-ner).ELA.2.2C Decode words by applying knowledge of common spelling patterns (e.g., -ight, -ant).ELA.2.2D Read words with common prefixes (e.g., un-, dis-) and suffixes (e.g., -ly, -less, -ful).

ELA.2.2E Identify and read abbreviations (e.g., Mr., Ave.).ELA.2.2F Identify and read contractions (e.g., haven't, it's).ELA.2.2G Identify and read at least 300 high-frequency words from a commonly used list.ELA.2.2H Monitor accuracy of decoding.ELA.2.3A Use ideas (e.g., illustrations, titles, topic sentences, key words, and foreshadowing) to make and confirm predictions. ELA.2.3B Ask relevant questions, seek clarification, and locate facts and details about stories and other texts and support answers with evidence from text. ELA.2.3C Establish purpose for reading selected texts and monitor comprehension, making corrections and adjustments when that understanding breaks down (e.g., identifying clues, using background knowledge, generating questions, rereading a portion aloud).ELA.2.4A Read aloud grade-level appropriate text with fluency (rate, accuracy, expression, appropriate phrasing) and comprehension.ELA.2.5A Use prefixes and suffixes to determine the meaning of words (e.g., allow/disallow.ELA.2.5B Use context to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words or multiple-meaning words.ELA.2.5C Identify and use common words that are opposite (antonyms) or similar (synonyms) in meaning.ELA.2.5D Alphabetize a series of words and use a dictionary or a glossary to find words.ELA.2.6A Identify moral lessons as themes in well-known fables, legends, myths, stories (or other genres).ELA.2.6B Compare different versions of the same story in traditional and contemporary folktales (and other genres) with respect to their characters, settings, and plot.ELA.2.7A Describe how rhyme, rhythm, and repetition interact to create images in poetry.ELA.2.8A Identify the elements of dialogue and use them in informal plays. ELA.2.9A Describe similarities and differences in the plots and settings of several works by the same author.ELA.2.9B Describe main characters in works of fiction, including their traits, motivations, and feelings.ELA.2.10A Understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and respond by providing evidence from text to support understanding. Expected to distinguish between fiction and nonfiction.ELA.2.11A Recognize that some words and phrases have literal and non-literal meanings that may appeal to the senses. (e.g., take steps).

ELA.2.12A Read independently for a sustained period of time and paraphrase what the reading was about, maintaining meaning.ELA.2.13A Identify the topic and explain the author's purpose in writing the text.ELA.2.14A Identify the main idea in a text and distinguish it from the topic. ELA.2.14B Locate the facts that are clearly stated in a text (as opposed to opinions).ELA.2.14C Describe the order of events or ideas in a text.ELA.2.14D Use text features (e.g., table of contents, index, headings) to locate specific information in text. ELA.2.15A Follow written multi-step directions.ELA.2.15B Use common graphic features to assist in the interpretation of text (e.g., captions, illustrations).ELA.2.16A Recognize different purposes of media (e.g., informational, entertainment).ELA.2.16B Describe techniques used to create media messages (e.g., sound, graphics).ELA.2.16C Identify various written conventions for using digital media (e.g., e-mail, website, video game). ELA.2.17A Plan a first draft by generating ideas for writing (e.g., drawing, sharing ideas, listing key ideas). ELA.2.17B Develop drafts by sequencing ideas through writing sentences. ELA.2.17C Revise drafts by adding or deleting words, phrases, or sentences.ELA.2.17D Edit drafts for grammar, punctuation, and spelling using a teacher-developed rubric.ELA.2.17E Publish and share writing with others.ELA.2.18A Write brief stories that include a beginning, middle, and end.ELA.2.18B Write short poems that convey sensory details.ELA.2.19A Write brief compositions about topics of interest to the student.ELA.2.19B Write short letters that put ideas in a chronological or logical sequence and use appropriate conventions (e.g., date, salutation, body, closing, signature).ELA.2.19C Write brief comments on literary or informational texts (that demonstrate an understanding of the text).ELA.2.20A Write persuasive statements about issues that are important to the student for the appropriate audience in the school, home, or local community. ELA.2.21A.i Understand and use verbs (past, present, and future) in the context of reading, writing, and speaking.ELA.2.21A.ii Understand and use nouns (singular/plural, common/proper) in the context of reading, writing, and speaking.ELA.2.21A.iii Understand and use adjectives (e.g., descriptive: old, wonderful; articles: a, an, the) in the context of reading, writing, and speaking.ELA.2.21A.iv Understand and use adverbs (e.g., time: before, next; manner: carefully, beautifully) in the context of reading, writing, and speaking.

ELA.2.21A.v Understand and use prepositions and prepositional phrases in the context of reading, writing, and speaking.ELA.2.21A.vi Understand and use pronouns (e.g., he, him) in the context of reading, writing, and speaking.ELA.2.21A.vii Understand and use time-order transition words in the context of reading, writing, and speaking.ELA.2.21B Use complete sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.ELA.2.21C Distinguish among declarative and interrogative sentences.ELA.2.22A Write legibly leaving appropriate margins for readability.ELA.2.22B.i Use capitalization for proper nouns (names and titles of people, and places, etc.).ELA.2.22B.ii Use capitalization for months and days of the week.ELA.2.22B.iii Use capitalization for the salutation and closing of a letter.ELA.2.22C.i Recognize and use punctuation marks including ending punctuation in sentences. ELA.2.22C.ii Recognize and use punctuation marks, including apostrophes in contractions.ELA.2.22C.iii Recognize and use punctuation marks, including apostrophes in possessives.ELA.2.23A Use phonological knowledge to match sounds to letters to construct unknown words.ELA.2.23B.i Spell words with common orthographic patterns and rules: complex consonants (e.g., hard and soft c and g, ck).ELA.2.23B.ii Spell words with common orthographic patterns and rules: r-controlled vowels.ELA.2.23B.iii Spell words with common orthographic patterns and rules: long vowels (e.g., VCe-hope).ELA.2.23B.iv Spell words with common orthographic patterns and rules: vowel digraphs (e.g., oo-book, fool, ee-feet), diphthongs (e.g., ou-out, ow-cow, oi-coil, oy-toy). ELA.2.23C Spell high-frequency words from a commonly used list.ELA.2.23D Spell base words with inflectional endings (e.g., -ing and -ed).ELA.2.23E Spell simple contractions (e.g., isn’t, aren’t, can’t).ELA.2.23F Use resources to find correct spellings.ELA.2.24A Generate a list of topics of class-wide interest and formulate open-ended questions about one or two of the topics. ELA.2.24B Decide what sources of information might be relevant to answer questions about the topic.ELA.2.25A Gather evidence from available sources (physical environment and human environment) as well as from interviews with local experts. ELA.2.25B Use text features (e.g., table of contents, alphabetized index, headings) in age-appropriate reference works (e.g., picture dictionaries) to locate information.

ELA.2.25C Record basic information in simple visual formats (e.g., notes, charts, picture graphs, diagrams). ELA.2.26A Revise the topic as a result of answers to initial research questions.ELA.2.27A Create a visual display or dramatization to convey the results of the research (with adult assistance).ELA.2.28A Listen attentively to speakers and ask relevant questions to clarify information.ELA.2.28B Follow, restate, and give oral instructions that involve a short related sequence of actions. ELA.2.29A Share information and ideas that focus on the topic under discussion by speaking clearly at an appropriate pace and using the conventions of language.ELA.2.30A Follow agreed-upon rules for discussion, including listening to others, speaking when recognized, and making appropriate contributions. ELA.K.15A Write information for lists, captions, or invitationsELA.1.2A Generate a series of original rhyming words using a variety of phonograms (e.g., -ake, -ant, -ain) and consonant blends (e.g., bl, st, tr) orally and in writing. ELA.1.2D Blend spoken phonemes to form one- and two-syllable words, including consonant blends (e.g., spr).ELA.1.3E Read base words with inflectional endings (e.g., plurals, past tenses).ELA.1.3F Use knowledge of the meaning of base words to identify and read common compound words (e.g., football, popcorn, daydream). ELA.1.6A Identify words that name actions (verbs) and words that name persons, places, or things (nouns).ELA.1.6B Determine the meaning of compound words using knowledge of the meaning of their individual component words (e.g., lunchtime). ELA.1.20C Ask questions with appropriate subject-verb inversion.ELA.1.21B.i Recognize and use basic capitalization for the beginning of sentences.ELA.1.21B.ii Recognize and use basic capitalization for the pronoun "I".ELA.1.22B.i Use letter-sound patterns to spell consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.ELA.1.22B.ii Use letter-sound patterns to spell consonant-vowel-consonant-silent e (CVCe) words (e.g., "hope").ELA.3A.i Decode multisyllabic words in context and independent of context by applying common spelling patterns including dropping the final "e" and add endings such as -ing, -ed, or -able (e.g., use, using, used, usable). ELA.3.1A.ii Decode multisyllabic words in context and independent of context by applying common spelling patterns including doubling final consonants when adding an ending (e.g., hop to hopping).ELA.3.1A.iii Decode multisyllabic words in context and independent of context by applying common spelling patterns including changing the final "y" to "i" (e.g., baby to babies).

ELA.3.4D Identify and apply playful uses of language (focusing on multiple meaning words). ELA.3.8C Identify whether the narrator or speaker of a story is first or third person.ELA.3.9A Explain the difference in point of view between a biography and autobiography. ELA.3.13B Draw conclusions from the facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence. ELA.3.13C Identify explicit cause and effect relationships among ideas and other ways authors group information in texts (description, comparison, etc.).ELA.3.18A Write imaginative stories that build the plot to a climax and contain details about the characters and setting. ELA.3.19A Write about important personal experiences.ELA.3.20A.ii Create brief compositions that include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations.ELA.3.20A.iii Create brief compositions that contain a concluding statement.ELA.3.22A.vii Use and understand coordinating conjunctions (e.g., and, or, but) in the context of reading, writing, and speaking.ELA.3.22B Use the complete subject and the complete predicate in a sentence.ELA.3.23C.ii Recognize and use punctuation marks including colons, semi-colons, and commas in series and dates.ELA.3.23D Use correct mechanics including paragraph indentations. ELA.3.24B.iii Spell words with more advanced orthographic patterns and rules: changing y to i before adding the ending -es.ELA.3.24B.iv Spell words with more advanced orthographic patterns and rules: double consonants in the middle of words.ELA.3.24E Spell single syllable homophones (e.g., bear/bare; week/weak; road/rode).ELA.4.21B.ii Use capitalization for titles of books, stories, and compositions.ELA.4.21C.ii Recognize and use punctuation marks including quotation marks.ELA.4.22A.ii Spell words with more advanced orthographic patterns and rules including irregular plurals (e.g., man/men, foot/feet, child/children).ELA.4.22A.iv Spell words with more advanced orthographic patterns and rules including other ways to spell sh (e.g., -sion, -tion, -cian).ELA.4.22A.v Spell words with more advanced orthographic patterns and rules including silent letters (e.g., knee, wring).ELA.4.22B Spell base words and roots with affixes (e.g., -ion, -ment, -ly, dis-, pre-).ELA.5.16A.iii Write imaginative stories that include dialogue that develops the story.ELA.5.16B.ii Write poems using figurative language (e.g., similes, metaphors).ELA.5.16B.iii Write poems using graphic elements (e.g., capital letters, line length).ELA.5.21A.i Use capitalization for abbreviations.ELA.5.21A.iii Use conventions of capitalization including the names of organizations.ELA.5.22B.ii Spell words with Latin Roots (e.g., spec, scrib, rupt, port, ject, dict).

ELA.5.26B (Synthesize the research into a written or an oral presentation that) develops a topic sentence, summarizes findings, and uses evidence to support conclusions.ELA.5.27C Determine both main and supporting ideas in the speaker's message.