Reading
Common Core Standards
2nd Grade
The research-based instructional trainings that Graves County teachers have participated in have proven to be of great value. Strategies
learned should continue to be utilized when teaching students the new Kentucky Core Academic Standards. When creating lesson plans,
teachers should keep in mind the following best practices:
 Learning Targets – “I can…”, “Today I will…”
 Rutherford’s Principles of Learning
 Congruency – Activity matches the learning target
 Overt Responses – All, Abundant, During
 Performance Feedback – Abundant, immediate,
 Locale Memory – Learning in 3D spatial area
specific
 Conscious Attention – Gaining, keeping, & applying
 Personal Relevance – Linking to student survival or
attention
well-being
 Mental Models – 3 Levels; Level 1- Pictures + Words; Level 2 – Sensory representations + written/verbal label;
Level 3 – Right + Left Hemisphere
 21st Century Skills
 Communication
 Collaboration
 Creativity & Innovation
 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
 Silver and Strong/Thoughtful Ed Vocabulary Strategies
 Formative Assessments – Assessment FOR Learning
 Differentiation – Tiered Activities for ALL learners
GREAT RESOURCES : http://www.readworks.org/- non-fiction reading passages; Graphic Organizers aligned with Standards; www.readinga-z.com
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Reading
2nd Grade
Common Core Standards
Literature (RL)
Common Core Standard
Key Ideas and Details
2.RL.1
Ask and answer such questions as who,
what, where, when, why, and how to
demonstrate understanding of key
details in a text.
Ask -What if?
Retell/Summarize
According to the story….
I know this because….
Learning Targets
Identify key details in a text using who,
what, when, where, why and how.
Describe key details of the text using
who, what, where, when, why and
how questioning.
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Who
What
When
Where
Why
Infer
Resources
2nd grade resources\second grade
graphic organizer.pdf page 7 and 8
Determine the answers of literary text
using who, what, where, when, why
and how questioning.
2.RL.2
Recount stories, including fables and
folktales from diverse cultures, and
determine their central message, lesson,
or moral.
Identify fables and folktales from
diverse cultures
Theme- is the lesson about life from the
story and does not
Use characters or names in the
explanations. Theme- you
Have to infer, the author doesn’t come
right out and tell you.
2.RL.3
Describe how characters in a story
respond to major events and challenges.
Recount (tell in your own words what
happened) details of a story (e.g.,
fables and folktales)
Determine the message, lesson or
moral of a story (e.g., fables and
folktales)
Define the terms character and major
events
How do they respond to the problem?
What did they do to solve the problem?
Vocabulary
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Moral
o Diverse
2nd grade resources\second grade
graphic organizer.pdf page 9, 10, and
11.
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2nd grade resources\second grade
graphic organizer.pdf page 12 and 13
Recall (give details orally) details from
stories (e.g., fables and folktales)
Challenge
Problem
Identify major events or challenges
found within a story.
Describe how characters respond to
major events and challenges.
Craft and Structure
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Reading
2nd Grade
Common Core Standards
2.RL.4
Describe how words and phrases (e.g.,
regular beats, alliteration, rhymes,
repeated lines) supply rhythm and
meaning in a story, poem, or song.
Alliteration, Rhyme
Robert Munsch Books
Identify rhyming words, alliteration
and other types of figurative language
used in a story, poem or song.
Pete the Cat
What does the figurative language show
the reader about the character or object?
Recognize regular beats and repeated
lines in a story, poem, or song.
2nd grade resources\second grade
graphic organizer.pdf page 14
Figurative Language –Firework
Recognize rhythm within a story,
poem, or song.
Describe how words and phrases
supply rhythm or impact meaning, in a
story, poem, or song.
2.RL.5
Describe the overall structure of a story,
including describing how the beginning
introduces the story and the ending
concludes the action.
How would the story be different if…
Genre
Fiction
Non-fiction
Drama/play
2.RL.6
Acknowledge differences in the points of
view of characters, including by speaking
in a different voice for each character
when reading dialogue aloud.
Identify the structure of the story,
beginning, middle and end.
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Structure
Conclusion
2nd grade resources\second grade
graphic organizer.pdf page 15
Describe how the beginning
introduces the story, the action that
takes place in the middle of the story
and how the ending concludes the
action
Point of View, Voice, Dialogue
Identify characters in a story and the
traits of each character.
Define the point of view of the story
(first person, third person)
Recognize dialogue to determine who
is speaking in a story.
2nd grade resources\second grade
graphic organizer.pdf page 16
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Analyze character to know what type
of voice to use when speaking the
part.
Determine differences in each
character’s point of view.
Read the dialogue in text using
appropriate voices for different
characters.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
2.RL.7
Use information gained from the
illustrations and words in a print or
digital text to demonstrate
understanding of its characters, setting,
or plot.
Digital text – audio/visual
Beginning/Middle/End –picture walk
before reading the story
Talk about “mood” anytime the
opportunity presents itself.
2.RL.8 No Common Core Standard
2.RL.9
Compare and contrast two or more
versions of the same story (e.g.,
Cinderella stories) by different authors or
from different cultures.
Compare/Contrast
2nd grade resources\second grade
graphic organizer.pdf page 17, 18, 19,
20, 21 and 22
Plot, Setting, Characters
Identify the plot of a story.
Recognize digital text and obtain
information from illustrations and
words in various types of text.
Explain characters, setting and plot,
obtained from illustrations and words
in print.
Understand characters, setting and
plot obtained from illustrations and
words in digital text.
Recall details and events from two or
more versions of a story by different
authors.
o Compare
o Contrast
2nd grade resources\second grade
graphic organizer.pdf page 23
Compare and contrast worksheet
Identify characters of two or more
versions of a story by different
authors.
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2nd Grade
Common Core Standards
Use Venn Diagram
T-chart
Compare and contrast two or more
versions of the same story by different
authors representing different
cultures.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
2.RL.10
Read and comprehend complex
By the end of the year, read and
texts independently and
comprehend literature, including stories proficiently at the 2-3 text
and poetry, in the grades 2–3 text
complexity band.
complexity band proficiently, with
scaffolding as needed at the high end of
the range.
Informational Text (RI)
Common Core Standard
Key Ideas and Details
2.RI.1
Ask and answer such questions as who,
what, where, when, why, and how to
demonstrate understanding of key
details in a text.
Cite details from the text,
What if?
According to the (text, paragraph,
selection, passage)
2.RI.2
Identify the main topic of a
multiparagraph text as well as the focus
of specific paragraphs within the text.
Learning Targets
Ask questions to demonstrate
understanding of key details in a
text.
Answer questions to demonstrate
understanding of key details in a
text.
Identify the main topic of a
multiparagraph text.
Identify the focus of specific
paragraphs within the text.
Vocabulary
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Resources
Who
What
When
Where
Why
How
2nd grade resources\second grade
graphic organizer.pdf page 25 and 26
Main Topic
o Text
2nd grade resources\second grade
graphic organizer.pdf page 27, 28, 29,
and 30
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o Paragraph
o Multiparagraph
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Common core books- start out simple
with 3 answers/choose 1
Website with passages where they write
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Common Core Standards
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main idea.
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Describe
Historical
Scientific
Timeline
2nd grade resources\second grade
graphic organizer.pdf page 31, 32,
and 33
Determine the meaning of words in a
text relevant to a grade 2 topic or
subject area
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Phrase
Context Clues
2nd grade resources\second grade
graphic organizer.pdf page 34
Know various text features to
efficiently locate key facts. Use various
text features to efficiently locate key
facts.
Know various text features to
efficiently locate information. Use
various text features to efficiently
locate information
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Caption
2nd grade resources\second grade
Title
graphic organizer.pdf page 35
Bold Print
Subheading
Index
Menu
Table of Contents
Heading
Glossary
2.RI.3
Describe the connection between a series
of historical events, scientific ideas or
concepts, or steps in technical
procedures in a text.
Describe the connection between a
series of historical events in a text.
Consequences, school rules. How to,
recipes, timelines
Look at Social Studies/Science standards
Describe the connection between a
series of scientific concepts in a text.
Describe the connection between a
series of scientific ideas in a text.
Describe the connection between
steps in technical procedures in a
text.
Craft and Structure
2.RI.4
Determine the meaning of words and
phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2
topic or subject area.
Pre teach vocabulary in selection
Prefix/suffix
Root words
What ending does a word have?
2.RI.5
Know and use various text features (e.g.,
captions, bold print, subheadings,
glossaries, indexes, electronic menus,
icons) to locate key facts or information
in a text efficiently. ( Titles, table of
contents, chapter headings, italics,
tables/charts )
Pull excerpts of examples/note text
features
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2.RI.6
Identify the main purpose of a text,
including what the author wants to
answer, explain, or describe.
Common Core Standards
Identify main purpose of text
according to what the author wants
to answer.
Identify main purpose of a text to
answer what the author wants to
explain.
2nd Grade
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Main Purpose
Explain
Describe
Authors
Purpose
2nd grade resources\second grade
graphic organizer.pdf page 36
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Explain
Specific
Labels
2nd grade resources\second grade
graphic organizer.pdf page 37
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Describe
Specific
2nd grade resources\second grade
graphic organizer.pdf page 38
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Compare
2nd grade resources\second grade
Identify main purpose of text to
answer what the author wants to
describe.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
2.RI.7
Explain how specific images (e.g., a
diagram showing how a machine works)
contribute to and clarify a text. (Use
Charts and graphs.)
How do diagrams/pictures help you to
understand the topics?
Keep picture/diagram off to see how they
do.
Then add pictures/diagrams to show how
it helped the understanding.
2.RI.8
Describe how reasons support specific
points the author makes in a text.
Explain how specific images contribute
to a text.
Explain how specific images clarify a
text
Describe how reasons support
specific points the author makes in a
text.
I know this because….
According to the passage…
Text base/show it came straight from the
story
Inferred responses with support from the
text.
Use words to show comparisons,
sequence, and cause and effect to
demonstrate a connection between
sentences and paragraphs in a text.
2.RI.9
Compare the most important points
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Compare and contrast the most
important points presented by two texts
on the same topic.
2nd Grade
Common Core Standards
presented by two, same topic texts.
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Contrast
graphic organizer.pdf page 39
Contrast the most important points
presented by two, same topic texts
Two passages that are similar about the
same topic.
Label the passages for them to reference.
Use graphic organizers.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
2.RI.10
Read informational text in the 2-3
By the end of year, read and
text complexity band proficiently.
comprehend informational texts,
including history/social studies, science, Comprehend informational text in
and technical texts, in the grades 2–3
the 2-3 text complexity band
text complexity band proficiently, with
proficiently.
scaffolding as needed at the high end of
the range.
Scaffold informational text as
needed at the high end of the range.
Foundational Skills (RF)
Common Core Standard
Phonics and Word Recognition
2.RF.3 (No Common Core Standards for 2.RF.1
and 2.RF.2)
Know and apply grade-level phonics and
word analysis skills in decoding words.
a) Distinguish long and short vowels
when reading regularly spelled
one-syllable words.
b) Know spelling-sound
correspondences for additional
common vowel teams.
Learning Targets
Know phonics skills when decoding
words.
Apply phonics skills when decoding
words.
Vocabulary
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Resources
Distinguish
Syllable
Prefix
Suffix
Know word analysis skills when
decoding words.
Distinguish long vowels when
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c) Decode regularly spelled twosyllable words with long vowels.
d) Decode words with common
prefixes and suffixes.
e) Identify words with inconsistent
but common spelling-sound
correspondences.
f) Recognize and read gradeappropriate irregularly spelled
words.
Common Core Standards
2nd Grade
reading one-syllable words.
Distinguish short vowels when
reading one-syllable words.
Know spelling-sound correspondences
for common vowel teams
Decode two-syllable words with
long vowels.
Decode words with common
prefixes.
Decode words with common
suffixes.
Identify words with inconsistent but
common spelling-sound
correspondences.
Recognize irregularly spelled words.
Read irregularly spelled words.
Fluency
2.RF.4
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency
to support comprehension.
a) Read on-level text with purpose
and understanding.
b) Read on-level text orally with
accuracy, appropriate rate, and
expression on successive
readings.
c) Use context to confirm or self-
Read on-level text orally with
accuracy.
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Accuracy
Expression
Read on-level text orally at the
appropriate rate.
Read on-level text orally with
expression.
Read with accuracy to support
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correct word recognition and
understanding, rereading as
necessary.
Common Core Standards
2nd Grade
comprehension.
Read with fluency to support
comprehension.
Read on-level text with purpose.
Read on-level text with
understanding.
Use context to confirm word
recognition.
Use context to self-correct word
recognition.
Use context to confirm
understanding.
Use context to self-correct
understanding
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