New Brunswick · Grade 2
English Language Arts, Grade 2
New Brunswick’s Grade 2 English course, from Interactions to Representations.
- Units
- 3
- Lessons
- 7
- Skills
- 22
- Provincial exam
- None
- Official curriculum
- New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, numbered by unit.
Unit 1 · 9 skills
Interactions
Sharing with explanations and listening to reflect
Sharing feelings and opinions with explanations
I can share how I feel or what I think and explain a little why.
Skill 1.1
Presenting facts and opinions on a topic
I can share facts, ideas, or opinions that stay on one topic.
Skill 1.2
Asking questions to clarify and gather information
I can ask questions to make things clear and to learn more.
Skill 1.3
Giving and following directions
I can give clear directions and follow directions I am given.
Skill 1.4
Responding personally to stories and presentations
I can share my own thoughts and feelings about a story or presentation.
Skill 1.5
Receiving and reflecting on others' ideas
I can listen to others' ideas and think about what they mean.
Skill 1.6
Respectful language and communication habits
Exploring words of harmony and respect
I can choose words that keep our classroom kind and fair.
Skill 1.7
Exploring communication conventions
I can follow our talking habits so everyone can share.
Skill 1.8
Exploring social conventions when interacting
I can use polite greetings and habits with different people.
Skill 1.9
The official wording · 9 outcomes
- 1.1
- Express feelings and opinions, providing some explanation, and give simple descriptions of experiences.
- 1.2
- Present facts, ideas, or opinions about a specific topic or theme to peers and teachers.
- 1.3
- Ask and respond to questions to clarify and gather further information.
- 1.4
- Give and follow directions or instructions.
- 1.5
- Respond personally to presentations, oral stories, and multi- modal text.
- 1.6
- Receive and reflect on the ideas and opinions of others.
- 1.7
- Explore the language of harmony and respect.
- 1.8
- Explore appropriate communication conventions.
- 1.9
- Explore social conventions when interacting.
Key ideas
A feeling or opinion is stronger when you add a reason: 'I liked it BECAUSE ___.'.
Harmony language helps people get along and feel included.
Explaining means giving one because-reason for your feeling or opinion.
Respectful words treat everyone as important.
A simple description of an experience tells what happened, step by step.
Watch out for
- Giving an opinion with no reason at all.
- Thinking respect only matters with adults.
- Explaining with 'just because' instead of a real reason.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 2 · 8 skills
Reading
Confirming print skills and hearing sounds
Confirming earlier reading skills (review)
I can show that I have mastered my earlier reading skills like concepts of print.
Skill 2.1
Hearing the sounds in spoken language
I can hear, blend, and pull apart the sounds in spoken words.
Skill 2.2
Decoding connected text with letter-sounds
I can sound out words to read whole sentences and passages.
Skill 2.3
Reading with expression and making meaning
Reading with accuracy and expression
I can read smoothly, get the words right, and use my voice to match the meaning.
Skill 2.4
Using a range of vocabulary
I can use a wide range of words to say exactly what I mean.
Skill 2.5
Constructing meaning when read to and reading independently
I can understand a text whether someone reads it to me or I read it myself.
Skill 2.6
Choosing texts and identifying their features
Choosing texts for a purpose
I can choose and use the kind of text that fits my purpose.
Skill 2.7
Identifying some text characteristics and features
I can name some features that tell me what kind of text I am reading.
Skill 2.8
The official wording · 8 outcomes
- 2.1
- Refer to previous skill descriptors to confirm skill mastery.
- 2.2
- Demonstrate an awareness of sounds in spoken language.
- 2.3
- Apply letter-sound knowledge to decode connected text.
- 2.4
- Read with accuracy and expression.
- 2.5
- Use a range of vocabulary when communicating.
- 2.6
- Construct meaning from printed text when being read to and when reading independently.
- 2.7
- Select and engage with a variety of text forms for specific uses.
- 2.8
- Identify some characteristics, forms, features, and types of text.
Key ideas
This is a review skill: you go back to skills you already learned and confirm they are solid.
Accuracy means reading the actual words correctly.
Different text forms serve different uses (enjoy, inform, instruct).
Concepts of print (directionality, word boundaries) and awareness of sounds are the foundations being confirmed.
Expression means your voice shows the meaning (pauses at commas, excitement, questions).
Watch out for
- Treating this as brand-new content instead of confirming mastered skills.
- Reading in a flat, robotic voice.
- Thinking all texts are read the same way.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 3 · 5 skills
Representations
Printing sentences and spelling appropriately
Printing words and sentences
I can print neat words and sentences to share my ideas.
Skill 3.1
Applying appropriate spelling conventions
I can spell many words correctly using sounds, patterns, and words I know.
Skill 3.2
Composing sentences and creating texts
Composing complete thoughts and sentences
I can write complete sentences that each share a whole idea.
Skill 3.3
Organizing ideas and creating texts
I can plan and order my ideas to make a written or media text.
Skill 3.4
Seeking information to support ideas
I can find information to make my ideas true and strong.
Skill 3.5
The official wording · 5 outcomes
- 3.1
- Print or represent words and sentences using a writing utensil or assistive technology.
- 3.2
- Apply appropriate spelling conventions when creating written works.
- 3.3
- Compose complete thoughts and sentences.
- 3.4
- Organize ideas and create written or media texts.
- 3.5
- Seek information to support ideas and construct meaning.
Key ideas
Neat printing with spaces between words helps readers.
A complete sentence has a naming part and a doing part and shares a whole thought.
A sentence starts with a capital and ends with a mark.
It starts with a capital and ends with the right mark (. ? !).
A pencil or an assistive device are both ways to write.
Watch out for
- Treating the tool (pencil vs. device) as a separate skill.
- Writing fragments and calling them sentences.
- Running words together with no spaces.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Plan the term
Pick your term and the days you study. Each unit gets its share of the weeks and comes back a week later for a review. The last two weeks go over the whole course.
The official curriculum
This page follows New Brunswick’s own curriculum for English Language Arts, Grade 2.
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Questions about English Language Arts, Grade 2
What is English Language Arts, Grade 2?
New Brunswick’s Grade 2 English course: 3 units and 22 skills, from Interactions to Representations.
What units are in English Language Arts, Grade 2?
1. Interactions, 2. Reading and 3. Representations.
Is there a provincial exam for English Language Arts, Grade 2?
No. New Brunswick gives no provincial exam for English Language Arts, Grade 2.
What comes after English Language Arts, Grade 2?
English Language Arts, Grade 3.
Can MapleMind help with English Language Arts, Grade 2?
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