ELA Common Core Standards: Leaping into Language Arts Grade 2

Leaping into Language Arts Grade 2 offers a complete year of language instruction covering first-grade Common Core ELA Standards. Each section has its own review of the skills taught. There is an Answer Key at the end of the book.

Designed for any type of instruction from remedial to enrichment, and easily used by individuals, small groups, or the entire class in regular and special education, ESL, gifted/talented, and homeschool programs, the resource is well worth the look!

What’s more? It is also perfect for brushing up on grade-level skills.

Let me share with you how the book is organized.

At the top of each new topic page, there is a carefully crafted lesson. The lesson is introduced in bite-size kernels of knowledge with kid-friendly examples. Practice exercises follow the lesson. Each lesson in the section builds on the previous lesson(s).

The student has an opportunity to show what they have learned in the Review at the end of each section. The Review has a simple explanation at the top of the page comprised of key concepts taught within that section. Then there are questions ranging from multiple choice to fill-in-the-blank and extended expression to assess learning.

Leaping into Language Arts Grade 2’s targeted sequential lessons not only help to build language learning one skill at a time but also increase the child’s confidence. As the students proceed through the topics, mastery is ensured. They take a leap in learning!

Key Topics Covered

• Types of sentences, turning fragments into sentences, and adding conjunctions (and, but, or) to join two sentence parts into one longer well-written sentence.

• Words that should be capitalized in English (from days, months, and holidays to specific places, titles of people, and titles of text)

• Punctuation (commas, apostrophes, colons, quotation marks, underlining, italics) and their many uses

• Abbreviating words used in the second-grade vocabulary and everyday use: days of the week, months of the year, streets and highways, measurement terms, and states/provinces/territories

• Parts of speech: common and proper nouns, how to make plural nouns, simple verb tenses, types of pronouns, and adjectives

• Vocabulary extension with multi-meaning words and adding prefixes and suffixes to change the meaning of words, etc.

• Writing: determining the main idea and supportive details, distinguishing between facts and opinions, exploring narratives, and choosing the perfect word for a text

Common Core Standards Aligned with the Text:

Conventions of Standard English

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.1

Demonstrate command of standard English grammar conventions and usage when writing or speaking.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.2

Demonstrate command of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling conventions when writing.

Knowledge of Language

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.3

Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.4

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.5

With guidance and support from adults, demonstrate an understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.6

Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using frequently occurring conjunctions to signal simple relationships (e.g., because).

What's Included

A total of 209 pages.