Grade 2 English Language Arts
13 units matched to the Prince Edward Island Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Reading & Writing”.
Learning focus
- Speaking and Listening. Students will speak and listen to explore, extend, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences.
- Speaking and Listening. Students will be able to communicate information and ideas effectively and clearly, and to respond personally and critically.
- Speaking and Listening. Students will interact with sensitivity and respect, considering the situation, audience, and purpose.
- Reading and Viewing. Students will be expected to select, read, and view with understanding a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts.
- Reading and Viewing. Students will be expected to interpret, select, and combine information using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies.
- Reading and Viewing. Students will be expected to respond personally to a range of texts.
- Reading and Viewing. Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their knowledge of language, form, and genre.
- Writing and Other Ways of Representing. Students will be expected to use writing and other forms of representation to explore, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, feelings, experiences, and learnings; and to use their imaginations.
- Writing and Other Ways of Representing. Students will be expected to create texts collaboratively and independently, using a variety of forms for a range of audiences and purposes.
- Writing and Other Ways of Representing. Students will be expected to use a range of strategies to develop effective writing and media products to enhance their clarity, precision, and effectiveness.
Units
Unit 1
Listening, Asking and Polite Talk
Using non-verbal cues to show listening, asking questions to learn more, adding to others' ideas and changing how you talk for different people.
Curriculum outcome: 1.2; 2.1; 3.3 · showing you are listening, asking questions to learn more and changing how you talk for different people
Unit 2
Listen and Speak
Listening with care, taking turns, asking politely when you did not hear, and using a clear voice that fits the place and the people. These habits help friendships and learning.
Curriculum outcome: 2.1; 2.2; 3.1; 3.3 · good listening, taking turns and using a clear voice that fits the place
Unit 3
Text Features
Using a table of contents, charts and icons to find information, and following order words in steps and journal entries.
Curriculum outcome: 4.3 · using a table of contents, charts and icons to find information
Unit 4
Sound Detectives
Letter teams that make one sound (sh, ch, th, wh, ee, ai, oa) and clapping syllables.
Curriculum outcome: 4.4; 10.2 · letter teams that make one sound and clapping the parts of words
Unit 5
Rhyme Time
Hearing rhymes and spotting word families (-at, -ig, -op). Both help with reading and spelling new words.
Curriculum outcome: 4.4; 10.2 · hearing rhymes and word families to read and spell new words
Unit 6
Sight Words and Reading with Expression
Recognizing common words quickly and noticing punctuation to read in phrases with the right pausing and expression.
Curriculum outcome: 4.4; 10.2 · reading common words quickly and using punctuation to read with expression
Unit 7
Story Builders
Reading short stories, then naming the character and setting, explaining why things happened, and retelling events in order.
Curriculum outcome: 6.1 · naming character and setting, explaining why things happened and retelling events in order
Unit 8
Media, Trust and Who Is in the Story
Recognizing media, deciding with guidance whether a source or character can be trusted, and noticing who is shown or missing in texts.
Curriculum outcome: 7.1; 7.2; 7.3 · recognizing media, deciding what to trust and noticing who is shown in a text
Unit 9
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.
Curriculum outcome: 7.3 · working out who is telling the story, how characters feel and what happens next
Unit 10
Word Pictures
Spotting similes (comparisons with like or as) and repeated consonant sounds, and what they add to a text.
Curriculum outcome: 8.3 · similes and repeated sounds and what they add to a text
Unit 11
Plan, Write and Make It Better
Planning with lists and webs, different types of writing for different readers, revising unclear writing, and combining words, pictures and sound.
Curriculum outcome: 9.1; 9.2; 10.1 · planning with lists and webs, choosing a kind of writing and fixing parts that do not make sense
Unit 12
Build Sentences
Telling the four sentence types apart, spotting complete sentences, and joining two ideas into a compound sentence.
Curriculum outcome: 10.2 · the four sentence types, complete sentences and joining two ideas
Unit 13
Word Power
Building compound words, finding opposites and spelling plurals (-s and -es).
Curriculum outcome: 10.2 · building compound words, finding opposites and spelling plurals
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