Only Grade 2 english language arts is shown here. Current and transition frameworks remain separate. A provisional target is not proof that every clause is taught or assessed.
English language arts · 2017 framework
Grade 2 · 40 / 44 statements targeted
| Standard | Instruction status | Source text |
|---|---|---|
| ela-2017:RL.2.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. |
| ela-2017:RL.2.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Analyze literary text development. |
| ela-2017:RL.2.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. |
| ela-2017:RL.2.4 | Provisional target; review pending | Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song. |
| ela-2017:RL.2.5 | Provisional target; review pending | Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. |
| ela-2017:RL.2.6 | Provisional target; review pending | Distinguish between points of view when referring to narrators and characters, recognizing when the narrator is a character in the story. |
| ela-2017:RL.2.7 | Provisional target; review pending | Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. |
| ela-2017:RL.2.8 | Not applicable at this grade | (Not applicable to literature) |
| ela-2017:RL.2.9 | Provisional target; review pending | Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures. |
| ela-2017:RL.2.10 | Provisional target; review pending | By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. Activate prior knowledge and draw on previous experiences in order to make text-to-self or text-to-text connections and comparisons. |
| ela-2017:RI.2.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. |
| ela-2017:RI.2.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Analyze informational text development. |
| ela-2017:RI.2.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text. |
| ela-2017:RI.2.4 | Provisional target; review pending | Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area. |
| ela-2017:RI.2.5 | Provisional target; review pending | Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently. |
| ela-2017:RI.2.6 | Provisional target; review pending | Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. |
| ela-2017:RI.2.7 | Provisional target; review pending | Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text. |
| ela-2017:RI.2.8 | Provisional target; review pending | Identify the main points an author uses in a text and, with support, explain how reasons connect to the main points. |
| ela-2017:RI.2.9 | Provisional target; review pending | Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic. |
| ela-2017:RI.2.10 | Provisional target; review pending | By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. |
| ela-2017:RF.2.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. |
| ela-2017:RF.2.4 | Provisional target; review pending | Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. |
| ela-2017:W.2.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Write opinion pieces that introduce the topic or book being written about, express an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section. |
| ela-2017:W.2.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Write informative/explanatory texts that introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section. |
| ela-2017:W.2.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Write narratives to recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure. |
| ela-2017:W.2.4 | Not applicable at this grade | (Begins in grade 3) |
| ela-2017:W.2.5 | Provisional target; review pending | With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing. |
| ela-2017:W.2.6 | Provisional target; review pending | With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers. |
| ela-2017:W.2.7 | Provisional target; review pending | Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations). |
| ela-2017:W.2.8 | Provisional target; review pending | Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. |
| ela-2017:W.2.9 | Not applicable at this grade | (Begins in grade 4) |
| ela-2017:W.2.10 | Not applicable at this grade | (Begins in grade 3) |
| ela-2017:SL.2.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Participate in collaborative conversations about grade 2 topics and texts with diverse partners in small and larger groups. |
| ela-2017:SL.2.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Retell or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented in various media and other formats (e.g., orally). |
| ela-2017:SL.2.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue. |
| ela-2017:SL.2.4 | Provisional target; review pending | Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences. |
| ela-2017:SL.2.5 | Provisional target; review pending | Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings. |
| ela-2017:SL.2.6 | Provisional target; review pending | Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. (See grade 2 Language standards 1 and 3 for specific expectations.) |
| ela-2017:L.2.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. |
| ela-2017:L.2.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. |
| ela-2017:L.2.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. |
| ela-2017:L.2.4 | Provisional target; review pending | 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. |
| ela-2017:L.2.5 | Provisional target; review pending | Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings. |
| ela-2017:L.2.6 | Provisional target; review pending | 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). |
English language arts · 2026 framework
Grade 2 · 43 / 47 statements targeted
| Standard | Instruction status | Source text |
|---|---|---|
| ela-2026:RL.2.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Ask and answer questions such as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details and clarify the meaning of a literary text (e.g., story, drama, poem). |
| ela-2026:RL.2.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Retell stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and explain the central message, lesson, or moral using key details. |
| ela-2026:RL.2.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Describe how characters in a literary text respond to major events or challenges, using key details. |
| ela-2026:RL.2.4 | Provisional target; review pending | Describe how specific words and phrases contribute to rhythm, mood, or meaning in a literary text. |
| ela-2026:RL.2.5 | Provisional target; review pending | Describe the structure of a literary text, including how the beginning introduces the story, how events unfold, and how the ending concludes the action. |
| ela-2026:RL.2.6 | Provisional target; review pending | Distinguish between the narrator's point of view and the characters' perspectives in a literary text, recognizing when the narrator is also a character in the story. |
| ela-2026:RL.2.7 | Provisional target; review pending | Use illustrations and textual details in print or digital literary texts to describe characters, settings, and plot elements. |
| ela-2026:RL.2.8 | Not applicable at this grade | (Not applicable to literature) |
| ela-2026:RL.2.9 | Provisional target; review pending | Compare and/or contrast two or more versions of the same story by different authors from different cultures, focusing on characters, settings, and central messages. |
| ela-2026:RL.2.10 | Provisional target; review pending | Read and comprehend grade-level literary text, with scaffolding as needed. Utilize prior knowledge and draw on previous experiences to support understanding and make meaningful comparisons across texts. |
| ela-2026:RI.2.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Ask and answer questions such as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details and clarify meaning in an informational text (e.g., historical, scientific, or technical texts). |
| ela-2026:RI.2.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Identify the main topic of an informational text and explain how specific details support that topic. |
| ela-2026:RI.2.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures within an informational text. |
| ela-2026:RI.2.4 | Provisional target; review pending | Determine the meaning of words and phrases in an informational text using strategies such as context clues, word parts, and text features. |
| ela-2026:RI.2.5 | Provisional target; review pending | Know and use various text features (such as captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, and icons) to efficiently locate key facts and details in an informational text. |
| ela-2026:RI.2.6 | Provisional target; review pending | Identify the author's purpose in an informational text and explain how the text supports that purpose. |
| ela-2026:RI.2.7 | Provisional target; review pending | Explain how illustrations, diagrams, or other visuals contribute to understanding key ideas in an informational text. |
| ela-2026:RI.2.8 | Provisional target; review pending | Describe how the author uses evidence to support key ideas in an informational text. |
| ela-2026:RI.2.9 | Provisional target; review pending | Compare and/or contrast key ideas and supporting details in two informational texts on the same topic. |
| ela-2026:RI.2.10 | Provisional target; review pending | With scaffolding provided as needed, read and comprehend grade level informational text. |
| ela-2026:RF.2.3 | Provisional target; review pending | |
| ela-2026:RF.2.4 | Provisional target; review pending | Read connected texts with sufficient fluency to support comprehension: |
| ela-2026:WF.2.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Write legibly in manuscript and/or cursive: |
| ela-2026:WF.2.2 | Provisional target; review pending | |
| ela-2026:WF.2.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Write complete sentences demonstrating knowledge of punctuation conventions. |
| ela-2026:W.2.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Write opinion pieces that include a clear topic, a stated opinion, reasons supported by evidence or examples, and a conclusion, using linking words and grade-level phonics-based spelling. |
| ela-2026:W.2.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Write informative pieces that introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to explain ideas, and include a conclusion, using linking words and grade-level phonics-based spelling. |
| ela-2026:W.2.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Write narratives that recount sequenced events with descriptive details, temporal words, and a clear conclusion, using linking words and grade-level phonics-based spelling. |
| ela-2026:W.2.4 | Not applicable at this grade | (Begins in Grade 3) |
| ela-2026:W.2.5 | Provisional target; review pending | With adult support, revise and edit writing to improve clarity, organization, and conventions (e.g., capitalization, punctuation, spelling), using feedback from adults or peers. |
| ela-2026:W.2.6 | Provisional target; review pending | With adult support, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers. |
| ela-2026:W.2.7 | Provisional target; review pending | With adult support, recall information from personal experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a specific question in writing. |
| ela-2026:W.2.8 | Provisional target; review pending | With adult support, engage in shared and independent research projects by reading multiple texts on a topic, recording observations, and composing short reports using grade-level vocabulary and sentence structure. |
| ela-2026:W.2.9 | Not applicable at this grade | (Begins in Grade 4) |
| ela-2026:W.2.10 | Not applicable at this grade | (Begins in Grade 3) |
| ela-2026:SL.2.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Participate in discussions about second grade topics and texts in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings: |
| ela-2026:SL.2.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Retell or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented in various media and other formats (e.g., orally). |
| ela-2026:SL.2.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Ask questions about what a speaker says to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue. |
| ela-2026:SL.2.4 | Provisional target; review pending | Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences. |
| ela-2026:SL.2.5 | Provisional target; review pending | Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings. |
| ela-2026:SL.2.6 | Provisional target; review pending | Use complete sentences, when appropriate to the task or situation, to provide requested details or clarification. |
| ela-2026:L.2.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Know and apply formal American English grammar, usage, and mechanics when writing or speaking. |
| ela-2026:L.2.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Recognize and apply the conventions of formal American English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. |
| ela-2026:L.2.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. |
| ela-2026:L.2.4 | Provisional target; review pending | Use word analysis skills to break down and build grade-appropriate words to understand their meaning. |
| ela-2026:L.2.5 | Provisional target; review pending | Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings. |
| ela-2026:L.2.6 | Provisional target; review pending | 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). |