2nd Grade - Reading

By the end of the school year, your child is expected to:

• Read with expression.

• Read continuously for 20 minutes per day.

• Feel comfortable reading silently. Lip movement is acceptable.

• Practice good listening skills.

• Follow directions.

• Identify irregular vowel, vowel diphthong, and consonant cluster sounds.

• Use familiar word parts to identify unknown words.

• Know homonyms, synonyms, antonyms, contractions, and compound words.

• Identify unknown words in context using sounds and context clues.

• Read and reread to check for meaning.

• Recall concepts, facts, and vocabulary from text.

• Identify cause and effect.

• Express, write, and discuss opinions.

• Recognize main idea and details in a selection.

• Identify setting, characters, events, problem, and solution in a story.

• Read for meaning; answer "how", "why", and "what-if" questions in make-believe and factual information.

• Self-correct when reading.

• Understand cause and effect (example: I fell into the puddle because I was not looking where I was going).

• Dramatize, illustrate, and retell stories.

• Compare and contrast likenesses and differences in stories.

• Predict outcomes, make inferences, and draw conclusions.

• Know the differences between fiction and non-fiction in stories.

• Work independently and in group situations.

• Become aware of test-taking skills.

• Grow in his/her ability to read independently with understanding.

• Infer the motive, traits, or feelings of characters.

• Write complete sentences with subject, predicate, and describing words