READING:  Comprehension, Expository Texts

 

ELA Standards                                       Grade 2

READING: Comprehension, Expository Texts

 

2.1:  Use titles, table of contents and chapter headings to find information in expository text.

2.2:  State the purpose in reading (i.e., tell what information is sought).

2.3:  Understand the author’s purpose to comprehend informational text.

2.4:  Ask why, what if, and how questions.

2.5:  Restate facts and details from the text.

2.6:  Determine cause and effect.

 

ELD Standards                             Grade 2 - Beginning Level

READING: Comprehension, Expository Texts

 

(2.1) RECOMMENDED:  Identify title and title page.

(2.2) RECOMMENDED:  Locate books, or other information in classroom about a stated topic.

(2.3) Identify the basic sequences of events in stories read to them, using key words or pictures.

(2.4) Begin to speak with a few words or sentences, using some English phonemes and rudimentary English grammatical forms (e.g., single words or phrases).

(2.5) RECOMMENDED:  Identify facts and details non-verbally in stories read to them.

(2.6) RECOMMENDED:  Identify cause and effect by matching words or pictures from stories read to them.

 

Grade 2 – Early Intermediate Level

 

READING: Comprehension, Expository Texts

 

 

(2.1) RECOMMENDED:  Identify chapter headings

(2.2) RECOMMENDED:  Find new information about topic in classroom texts and express in simple phrases.

(2.3) Respond orally to simple stories read to them by answering factual comprehension questions using phrases or simple sentences.

(2.4) Use the content of a story to draw logical inferences.

Ask or answer questions using phrases or simple sentences. (L/S ELD)

(2.5) Retell familiar stories and short conversations by using appropriate gestures, expressions and illustrative objects. (L/S ELD)

(2.6) RECOMMENDED:  State examples of cause and effect relationships from stories read.

 


Grade 2 – Intermediate Level

 

READING: Comprehension, Expository Texts

 

 

(2.1) While reading orally in a group, point out basic text features such as title, table of contents, and chapter headings.

(2.2) Read and orally respond to stories and texts from content areas by restating facts and details to clarify ideas.

(2.3) Read and use simple sentences to orally respond to stories by answering factual comprehension questions.

(2.4) Use the content of stories read aloud to draw inferences about the stories. 

Ask and answer instructional questions using simple sentences. (L/S ELD)

(2.5) Read and use simple sentences to orally respond to stories by answering factual comprehension questions.

(2.6) RECOMMENDED:  Locate examples of cause and effect relationships in text.

 

 

Grade 2 – Early Advanced Level

 

READING: Comprehension, Expository Texts

 

 

(2.1) ELA 2.1

(2.2) Use the content of stories read aloud to draw inferences about the stories.  (2.3) ELA 2.3

(2.4) Read and use detailed sentences to orally identify the main idea and use the idea to draw inferences about the text.

Ask and answer instructional questions with more extensive supporting elements (e.g., “ What part of the story was most important?”). (L/S ELD)

(2.5) Read and orally respond to stories and texts from content areas by restating facts and details to clarify ideas.

(2.6) Read and orally respond to stories and texts by answering factual comprehension questions about cause-and-effect relationships.

 

Grade 2 – Advanced Level

 

READING: Comprehension, Expository Texts

 

(2.1) ELA 2.1

(2.2) ELA 2.2

(2.3) ELA 2.3

(2.4) ELA 2.4

(2.5) ELA 2.5

(2.6) ELA 2.6