Language, Grade 2
Ontario · Grade 2 · English Language Arts — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
4Units
13Lessons
64Skills
Unit 1: Literacy Connections and Applications
Using digital tools and online spaces safely and kindly, and exploring stories and voices from many communities, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures.
Being Safe and Kind Online
- My rights and choices online
- Staying safe and private online
- Finding out and checking what we learn
- Noticing how videos and pictures are made
- Who made this and who is it for?
- Using digital tools to make something new
- Working together kindly online
Stories From Many Voices
- Seeing identity and belonging in stories
- Learning from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit stories
Unit 2: Foundations of Language
Listening and speaking well, sounding out and building words, and learning more sentence, grammar, and punctuation building blocks.
Listening and Speaking With Others
- Listening, asking questions, and restating
- Using tricks to understand and notice confusion
- Taking turns and staying on topic
- Using gestures and expression to share meaning
- Choosing good words and full sentences
Sounding Out Longer Words
- Reading and spelling longer words
- Choosing the right spelling using position clues
- Word parts that change meaning
- Learning and using new words
- Reading smoothly and with expression
Kinds of Sentences
- Building all four kinds of sentences, plus compound sentences
More Naming Words, Pronouns, and Describing Words
- Nouns for feelings and groups
- Using pronouns like he, her, and mine
- Using am, is, are, was, and were
- Comparing with -er and -est
- Joining words and words that describe actions
Apostrophes, Quotation Marks, and Lists
- Showing ownership with an apostrophe
- Showing someone talking with quotation marks
- Capital letters for names and commas in lists
Unit 3: Comprehension: Understanding and Responding to Texts
Reading and understanding a range of texts, noticing how they're built, making predictions, and thinking more deeply about what they mean.
Reading and Understanding Texts
- Reading and understanding short texts
- Describing story books and information books
- Using tables of contents, charts, and icons
- How pictures and design create meaning
- Noticing how a story sounds and feels
- Whose voice is telling the story?
- Reading and viewing First Nations, Métis, and Inuit stories
Tricks for Understanding What We Read
- Using what I already know to make connections
- Why are we reading this?
- Guessing what happens next
- Fixing up a confusing part
- Connecting a story to my life and other stories
- Finding the main idea and important details
- Naming which trick helped me understand
Thinking Deeply About Stories
- Consonance and simile in stories
- Figuring out clues the story doesn't say
- Comparing and sequencing story parts
- Noticing symbols, language, and values in stories
- Whose perspective is being shown?
- Sharing my own thoughts and feelings about a story
- Connecting First Nations, Métis, and Inuit stories to today
- Naming the thinking skill that helped me
Unit 4: Composition: Expressing Ideas and Creating Texts
Planning, drafting, printing, revising, editing, and sharing our own texts.
Planning What to Write
- Choosing a topic, purpose, and audience
- Coming up with and building on ideas
- Finding facts from more than one source
- Putting my ideas in order
- Naming the trick that helped me plan
Writing and Printing My Text
- Writing a first try of my text
- Printing letters neatly and smoothly
- Showing my own feelings with descriptive words
- Writing as "I"
- Improving my writing with feedback
- Fixing up my writing
Sharing My Finished Text
- Making a final copy of my text
- Reading my text aloud with expression
- Naming what helped me present well
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