Grade 2 English Language Arts
8 units matched to the New Brunswick Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Reading & Writing”.
Learning focus
- Interactions: Expression. Express feelings and opinions, providing some explanation, and give simple descriptions of experiences.
- Interactions: Exchanges. Ask and respond to questions to clarify and gather further information.
- Interactions: Reception. Receive and reflect on the ideas and opinions of others.
- Reading: Phonological Awareness. Demonstrate an awareness of sounds in spoken language.
- Reading: Phonics. Apply letter-sound knowledge to decode connected text.
- Reading: Fluency. Read with accuracy and expression.
- Reading: Vocabulary. Use a range of vocabulary when communicating.
- Reading: Reading Comprehension. Construct meaning from printed text when being read to and when reading independently.
- Reading: Text Analysis. Select and engage with a variety of text forms for specific uses.
- Representations: Print Mechanics. Print or represent words and sentences using a writing utensil or assistive technology.
- Representations: Spelling. Apply appropriate spelling conventions when creating written works.
- Representations: Sentence Structure. Compose complete thoughts and sentences.
- Representations: Composition. Organize ideas and create written or media texts.
- Representations: Text Analysis. Seek information to support ideas and construct meaning.
Units
Unit 1
Rhyme Time
Hearing rhymes and spotting word families (-at, -ig, -op). Both help with reading and spelling new words.
Skill descriptor: Reading: Phonological Awareness · rhyme and word families
Unit 2
Sound Detectives
Letter teams that make one sound (sh, ch, th, wh, ee, ai, oa) and clapping syllables.
Skill descriptor: Reading: Phonics · listening for sounds and matching them to letters
Unit 3
Word Power
Building compound words, finding opposites and spelling plurals (-s and -es).
Skill descriptor: Reading: Vocabulary · word patterns, plurals and vocabulary
Unit 4
Super Sentences
Starting sentences and names with capitals, and choosing a period, question mark or exclamation mark.
Skill descriptor: Representations: Sentence Structure · capital letters, end punctuation and complete sentences
Unit 5
Build Sentences
Telling the four sentence types apart, spotting complete sentences, and joining two ideas into a compound sentence.
Skill descriptor: Representations: Sentence Structure · statements, questions, commands and compound sentences
Unit 6
Story Builders
Reading short stories, then naming the character and setting, explaining why things happened, and retelling events in order.
Skill descriptor: Reading: Reading Comprehension · characters, setting and the order of events
Unit 7
Reading Detectives
Reading short texts to work out who is telling the story, what will happen next, how characters feel, and how things are the same and different.
Skill descriptor: Reading: Reading Comprehension · predicting, inferring and comparing
Unit 8
Text Features
Using a table of contents, charts and icons to find information, and following order words in steps and journal entries.
Skill descriptor: Reading: Text Analysis · text features such as headings, charts and a table of contents
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