Standards
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
Generate resourceIndependently and proficiently read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, mathematical and technical texts, exhibiting complexity for at least grade 2.
Generate resourceIdentify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
Generate resourceDescribe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, mathematical ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
Generate resourceDetermine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
Generate resourceKnow and use text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
Generate resourceIdentify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
Generate resourceExplain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
Generate resourceParticipate in collaborative discussions with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Generate resourceFollow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
Generate resourceBuild on others' talk in conversations by responding to comments through multiple exchanges.
Generate resourceAsk for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion.
Generate resourceRecount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Generate resourceAsk and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.
Generate resourceTell a story, recount an experience, or explain how to solve a mathematical problem, with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences and using appropriate vocabulary.
Generate resourceCreate audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or descriptions of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
Generate resourceProduce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
Generate resourceExplain the kinds of information provided by components of a map (e.g., compass rose/cardinal directions, scale, key/legend, title) and give examples of how maps can show relationships between humans and the environment (e.g., travel, roads, natural resources, agriculture, mining).
Generate resourceCompare different kinds of map projections (e.g., Mercator, Peters) and explain how they represent the world differently.
Generate resourceConstruct a map of a familiar location (e.g., the school, the neighborhood, a park).
Generate resourceOn a map of the world and on a globe, locate all the continents and some major physical characteristics on each continent (e.g., lakes, seas, bays, rivers and tributaries, mountains and mountain ranges, and peninsulas, deserts, plains).
Generate resourceOn a map of the world and on a globe, locate the oceans of the world, and explain the importance of oceans and how they make the world habitable.
Generate resourceExplain how the location of landforms and bodies of water helps determine conditions (i.e., climate, weather, vegetation) for habitable living.
Generate resourceExplain and describe human interaction with the physical world (the environment).
Generate resourceInvestigate reasons why people migrate (move) to different places around the world, recognizing that some migration is voluntary, some forced (e.g., refugees, people driven from their homelands, enslaved people).
Generate resourceConduct interviews with family members, neighbors, friends, or school staff to discover where their families came from, how and why they moved to where they now live, and when and why their families came to Massachusetts.
Generate resourceIdentify what individuals and families bring with them (e.g., memories, cultural traits, goods, ideas, and languages or ways of speaking) when they move to a different place and identify the significant impacts of migration; identify elements that define the culture of a society (e.g., language, literature, arts, religion, traditions, customs); explain how the community is enriched by contributions from all the people who form it today.
Generate resourceLocate and analyze information and present a short research report on the physical features, resources, and people of a country outside the United States.
Generate resourceExplain the relationship between natural resources and industries and jobs in a particular location (e.g., fishing, shipbuilding, farming, trading, mining, lumbering, manufacturing).
Generate resourceExplain that people are a resource too, and that the knowledge and skills they gain through school, college, and work make possible innovations and technological advancements that lead to an ever-growing share of goods and services.
Generate resourceExplain what it means to be employed and define the terms income, wages, and salary.
Generate resourceGive examples of choices people have to make about buying goods and services (e.g., food for the family or a video game; bus fare to get to work or a movie ticket for entertainment) and why they have to make choices (e.g., because they have only enough money for one purchase, not two).
Generate resourceAnalyze examples of voluntary choices people make about buying goods and services (e.g., to buy from a company that supports its workers or protects the environment).
Generate resourceCompare and contrast reasons why people save some of their money (e.g., deciding to put some of it aside for later for a future purchase, for a charitable donation or for an emergency).
Generate resourceWrite opinion pieces that introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
Generate resourceWrite informative/explanatory texts that introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
Generate resourceWrite narratives in prose or poem form that recount a well-elaborated event or experience, or a set of events or experiences, include details and dialogue to show actions, thoughts, and feelings; use temporal words to signal order where appropriate; and provide a sense of closure.
Generate resourceFor poems, use words and phrases that form patterns of sounds (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, end rhymes, repeated sounds in words or lines) to create structure.
Generate resourceProduce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including collaboration with peers.
Generate resourceParticipate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).
Generate resourceRecall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
Generate resourceAnalyze the purpose and point of view of each source; distinguish opinion from fact.
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