Grade Level Expectations
For Entering Second Grade
Student _____________________
Grade
2nd
Phonemic Awareness
Segments ccvc and cvcc
words (blends)
Blends ccvc and cvcc into a
words (blends)
Identifies initial, final and
medial sounds in a word.
Matches words having
similar sound patterns and
can substitute sounds to
create new words.
Segments 3-4 multi-syllabic
words and can tell how
many syllables are in the
words.
Discriminates short vowels.
Phonics
Oral Language
Knows the
difference
between a
letter, sound,
word and
sentence.
Uses knowledge of
same and different to
understand synonyms
and antonyms.
Uses word
attack skills to
decode real and
nonsense
words.
Knows all
consonants,
consonant
diagraphs and
blends.
Knows: Short
vowels, long
vowels, vowel
diagraphs, long
vowel e rule, R
and L
controlled
vowels,
compound
words and word
endings.
Knows same
sound has
different
spellings
Uses concepts in noun
and verb clauses and
phrases.
Knows and identifies
basic solid figures and
plane shapes.
Uses secondary verb
forms to combine two
simple sentences.
Infinitive (“to go” evolves
from “ he’s gonna”)
Comprehension
Follows 3 step
direction
Uses prior knowledge
Illustrations and text
to make predictions.
Can identify setting,
main characters, main
idea, problem and
outcome of a
narrative.
Knows sequence of
story in terms of
beginning, middle
and end.
Participle (“I see a boy
running”)
Uses details in story
to answer literal
questions.
Gerund (“walking in the
park”)
Uses text to make
inferences.
Uses conjunctions:
so, except, if, then
Uses prior knowledge
to determine if story
is fact or fiction.
Fluency
Spelling
Written
Language
Can correctly
read 53-82
words per
minute.
Segments a word
then applies decoding
rules to word.
(Invented spelling)
Begins to read
with inflection.
.Write a complete
simple sentence.
Knows first
grade sight /
Dolch Words.
Uses several
sentences to write a
story about a single
topic.
Uses punctuation,
which includes:
period, question mark
and exclamation
marks.
Capitolizes initial
words in sentence,
pronouns “I” and
names of people.
Uses morphological
endings: ed, ing, s,
‘s.
Math
Uses addition &
subtraction rules
with regrouping.
Knows addition
and subtraction
fact families to 18.
Multiplies and
divides by groups.
Knows what
operation to use to
solve story
problems.
Adds and subtracts
1,5,10 cents from
quarter, half dollar,
and dollar.
Uses calendar to
order events. Tells
time to the half
hour.
Estimates and
measures: length
mass, capacity, etc.
Knows contractions
Sentence length
remains at 6-8 words.
Complexity goes from
simple to compound to
complex.
Uses simple
reference materials to
get information.
Can follow simple
procedural text
Knows fractions:
half, fourth, tenth.
Uses data to make
picture and bar
graph.