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Compose opinion pieces, using a combination of writing and digital resources, on topics or texts, with supporting reasons.
Generate resourceCompose opinion pieces, using a combination of writing and digital resources, on topics or texts, with supporting reasons.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from adults, strengthen writing through peer collaboration and adding details through writing and/or pictures as needed.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from adults, strengthen writing through peer collaboration and adding details through writing and/or pictures as needed.
Generate resourceIntroduce the topic, followed by opinion statement, and create an organizational structure.
Generate resourceIntroduce the topic, followed by opinion statement, and create an organizational structure.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing.
Generate resourceCompose informative and/or explanatory texts, using writing and digital resources, to establish a topic and provide information about the topic.
Generate resourceCompose informative and/or explanatory texts, using writing and digital resources, to establish a topic and provide information about the topic.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from adults, strengthen writing through peer collaboration and adding details through writing and/or pictures as needed.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from adults, strengthen writing through peer collaboration and adding details through writing and/or pictures as needed.
Generate resourceUse grade-appropriate conjunctions to develop text structure within sentences.
Generate resourceUse grade-appropriate conjunctions to develop text structure within sentences.
Generate resourceUse grade-appropriate transitions to develop text structure across paragraphs.
Generate resourceUse grade-appropriate transitions to develop text structure in sentences and paragraphs.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing.
Generate resourceCompose narratives, using writing and digital resources, to develop real or imagined experiences or multiple events or ideas, using effective technique, descriptive details and clear sequences.
Generate resourceCompose narratives, using writing and digital resources, to develop real or imagined experiences or multiple events or ideas, using effective technique, descriptive details and clear sequences.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital resources to create and publish products, including in collaboration with peers.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital resources to create and publish products, including in collaboration with peers.
Generate resourceConduct shared research and writing projects that build knowledge about a topic.
Generate resourceConduct shared research and writing projects that build knowledge about a topic.
Generate resourceCollect information from real-world experiences or provided sources to answer or generate questions.
Generate resourceCollect information from real-world experiences or provided sources to answer or generate questions.
Generate resourceproducing, expanding and rearranging complete simple and compound sentences.
Generate resourceproducing, expanding and rearranging complete simple and compound sentences.
Generate resourceCapitalize proper nouns, including but not limited to holidays, product names and geographic names.
Generate resourceCapitalize proper nouns, including but not limited to holidays, product names and geographic names.
Generate resourceDemonstrate appropriate use of commas in varied communication formats (e.g., letter, email, blog).
Generate resourceDemonstrate appropriate use of commas in varied communication formats (e.g., letter, email, blog).
Generate resourceUse knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading or listening.
Generate resourceUse knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading or listening.
Generate resourceDetermine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
Generate resourceDetermine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
Generate resourceDetermine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word.
Generate resourceDetermine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word.
Generate resourceUse a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root.
Generate resourceUse a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root.
Generate resourceUse knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words.
Generate resourceUse knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words.
Generate resourceUse glossaries and beginning dictionaries to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.
Generate resourceUse glossaries and beginning dictionaries to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.
Generate resourceUse words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe.
Generate resourceUse words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe.
Generate resourceDemonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their synonyms and antonyms.
Generate resourceDemonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their synonyms and antonyms.
Generate resourceDistinguish the shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender).
Generate resourceDistinguish the shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender).
Generate resourceKnow and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Generate resourceKnow and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding words.
Generate resourceDistinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words.
Generate resourceDistinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words.
Generate resourceIdentify, decode and know the meaning of words with the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.
Generate resourceIdentify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.
Generate resourceIdentify, decode, encode and know the meaning of words with the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.
Generate resourceIdentify words with inconsistent but common phoneme-grapheme correspondences.
Generate resourceRead fluently (accuracy, speed and prosody) on grade-level to support comprehension.
Generate resourceRead fluently (accuracy, speed and prosody) on grade-level to support comprehension.
Generate resourceRead a variety of grade-level texts (including but not limited to decodables) with purpose and understanding.
Generate resourceUse context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Generate resourceUse context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Generate resourceRead irregularly spelled high-frequency words with automaticity and accuracy.
Generate resourceAsk and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how, and make and support logical inferences to construct meaning from the text.
Generate resourceAsk and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why and how and make and support logical inferences to construct meaning from the text.
Generate resourceBy the end of the year, flexibly use a variety of comprehension strategies (i.e., questioning, monitoring, visualizing, inferencing, summarizing, using prior knowledge, determining importance) to read, comprehend and analyze grade-level appropriate, complex informational texts independently and proficiently.
Generate resourceRoutinely and flexibly develop and apply background knowledge along with a variety of comprehension strategies to understand and analyze grade-appropriate, complex informational text independently.
Generate resourceIdentify implicit and explicit information from a summary to determine the central idea of a text.
Generate resourceIdentify implicit and explicit information from an informational text to determine the central idea of a text.
Generate resourceDescribe the connection between individuals, historical events, scientific ideas or concepts or steps in technical procedures over the course of a text.
Generate resourceDescribe the connection between individuals, historical events, scientific ideas or concepts or steps in technical procedures over the course of a text.
Generate resourceDetermine the meaning of general academic words and phrases and how those words and phrases shape meaning in a grade-level text.
Generate resourceDetermine the meaning of general academic words and phrases and how those words and phrases shape meaning in a grade-level text.
Generate resourceIdentify and describe informational text structures, including sequence/chronological and descriptive structures, and describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text and how they contribute to the overall structure.
Generate resourceIdentify and describe informational text structures, including sequence/chronological and descriptive structures, and describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text and how they contribute to the overall structure.
Generate resourceIdentify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain or describe, and how that purpose shapes the content of the text.
Generate resourceIdentify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain or describe, and how that purpose shapes the content of the text.
Generate resourceIdentify information gained from visuals and words in the text, and explain how that information contributes to understanding of the text.
Generate resourceIdentify information gained from visuals and words in the text and explain how that information contributes to understanding of the text.
Generate resourceDescribe the relationship between information from two or more texts on the same theme or topic.
Generate resourceDescribe the relationship between information from two or more texts on the same theme or topic.
Generate resourceAsk and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why and how, and make and support logical inferences to construct meaning from the text.
Generate resourceAsk and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why and how and make and support logical inferences to construct meaning from the text.
Generate resourceBy the end of the year, flexibly use a variety of comprehension strategies (i.e., questioning, monitoring, visualizing, inferencing, summarizing, using prior knowledge, determining importance) to read, comprehend and analyze grade-level appropriate, complex literary texts independently and proficiently.
Generate resourceRoutinely and flexibly develop and apply background knowledge along with a variety of comprehension strategies to understand and analyze grade-appropriate, complex literary text independently.
Generate resourceIdentify implicit and explicit information from a summary to determine the author's message, lesson learned and/or moral, including but not limited to fables and folk tales from diverse cultures.
Generate resourceIdentify implicit and explicit information from a literary text to determine the author’s message, lesson learned and/or moral, including but not limited to fables and folktales from diverse cultures.
Generate resourceDescribe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges in order to make meaning of the story development.
Generate resourceDescribe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges in order to make meaning of the story development.
Generate resourceDescribe how words and phrases, including but not limited to regular beats, alliteration, rhymes and/or repeated lines, supply rhythm and shape meaning in a story, poem or song.
Generate resourceDescribe how words and phrases, including but not limited to regular beats, alliteration, rhymes and/or repeated lines, supply rhythm and shape meaning in a story, poem or song.
Generate resourceDescribe how parts of the text contribute to the overall structure of poems, stories and dramas, including but not limited to linear, non-linear and circular structures.
Generate resourceDescribe how parts of the text contribute to the overall structure of stories, poems and dramas (e.g., beginning, middle and end of stories; lines and stanzas in poems; and acts/scenes in dramas).
Generate resourceWith prompting and support, acknowledge differences in the perspectives of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud, and how those perspectives shape the content of the text.
Generate resourceWith prompting and support, acknowledge differences in the perspectives of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud, and how those perspectives shape the content of the text.
Generate resourceUse a story's illustrations and words in print/non-print texts to demonstrate understanding of characters, setting and plot.
Generate resourceUse a story’s illustrations and words in print/non-print texts to demonstrate understanding of characters, setting and plot.
Generate resourceCompare/contrast two or more versions of the same story by different authors or from different cultures.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast two or more versions of the same story by different authors or from different cultures.
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