The following is a guide for choosing targeted objectives and assessing the students’ learning. These grade level expectations for Grades 3-8 are not to be taught in isolation. This guide identifies featured skills that will be assessed at the end of the appropriate quarter. Each assessment is cumulative, so all the expectations need to continue to spiral throughout the year with a new group of identified skills featured. Some GLEs targeted in previous grades may also be assessed. The March CMT will test all skills expected to be mastered.  These skills come from the reading comprehension GLEs. 

The * indicates a featured skill for the quarter. 

The x indicates continued instruction and possible assessment.

P indicates a prior grade’s GLE

Grade Level Expectations — Grade 2

Students:

Fall

Winter

CMT

Spring

Respond to oral and written questions about story elements (e.g., characters, setting, plot, theme, conflict, and point of view).

*

x

x

Respond to oral and written questions about the facts in nonfiction text.

*

x

x

Follow written directions of two or more steps.

*

Compare similarities and differences of characters in a story.

*

x

x

Compare information across nonfiction selections (e.g., seagulls vs. hawks).

*

x

x

Make text-to-text and text-to-world connections.

*

x

Read several texts within a genre, about a single topic, or by a single author and compare similarities and differences.

*

x

Identify the author’s use of literacy devices (e.g., interesting word choice).

*

x

State fact versus opinion (e.g., I am a boy;  Everyone loves ice cream.).

*

x

Identify what is important to an author based on the content of text.

*

Synthesize information from text to extend meaning (e.g., ask an author questions or points to include in a speech).

*

Make connections to text representing different perspectives from the student’s family, friendship, culture and tradition, generating personal and text-based responses.

*

Identify rhythm, rhyme, alliteration, and assonance in poetry.

*