Conventions of Standard English
ELACC2L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Uses conventional grammar
a. Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
b. Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g., feet, children, teeth, mice, fish).
c. Use reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves).
d. Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., sat, hid, told).
e. Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
f. Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences (e.g., The boy watched the movie; The little boy watched the movie; The action movie was watched by the little boy).
lesson on simple/compound sentences
u-tube video on compound sentences
BETTER u-tube video on compound sentences
song about compound sentences
g. Creates documents with legible handwriting.
Identify parts of speech (noun, plural noun, verb, linking verb, adjective, adverb)
Grammar quizzes (covers everything you can think of and more)
ELACC2L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Uses capitalization, punctuation correctly
Spelling tricks
Irregularly spelled words ACTIVITIES
a. Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names.
b. Use commas in greetings and closings of letters.
c. Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.
Contraction work
d. Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
Uses spelling patterns
e. Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
Using a dictionary
Knowledge of Language
ELACC2L3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
a. Compare formal and informal uses of English.
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Antonym, Synonym, Homophone ACTIVITIES
ELACC2L4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
Synonyms, Antonyms, Homophones
Using words in context/Homophone ACTIVITIES
a. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Use context clues to comprehend
Use context clues to decode/comprehend
b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell).
Uses prefixes, suffixes, contractions, compound words to comprehend meaning
Prefix/suffix resources
c. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., addition, additional).
d. Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words (e.g., birdhouse, lighthouse, housefly; bookshelf, notebook, bookmark).
Compound word, Suffix, Prefix ACTIVITIES
e. Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.
ELACC2L5: Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
a. Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe foods that are spicy or juicy).
b. Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).
Explore relationship between words ACTIVITIES
Knows categories of words
ELACC2L6: Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe
(e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy.)
