Saskatchewan · Grade 2
English Language Arts, Grade 2
Saskatchewan’s Grade 2 English course, from Comprehend and Respond to Assess and Reflect.
- Units
- 3
- Lessons
- 3
- Skills
- 14
- Provincial exam
- None
- Official curriculum
- Saskatchewan Ministry of Education
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, with its official code.
Unit 1 · 6 skills
Comprehend and Respond
Connecting to Stories About Me, My Community, and Our World
Connecting to texts about who I am
I can connect a text about a person's identity to my own experiences.
Official code: CR2.1
Connecting to texts about our communities
I can connect a text about people and places to my own community.
Official code: CR2.1
Connecting to texts about friendship and caring
I can connect a text about friendship and caring to my own experiences.
Official code: CR2.1
Finding stated and hidden ideas in pictures and media
I can find a stated idea and a hidden idea in a picture or media text, and notice how colour or layout adds meaning.
Official code: CR2.2
Listening for key ideas and following directions
I can listen, retell the key ideas and details, and follow a set of directions.
Official code: CR2.3
Reading and retelling with details
I can read a text and retell its key events in order, with details, and answer how and why questions.
Official code: CR2.4
The official wording · 6 outcomes
- CR2.1
- Comprehend and respond to a variety of grade-level texts (including contemporary and traditional visual, oral, written, and multimedia) that address: • identity (e.g., Just Watch Me)
- CR2.1
- texts (including contemporary and traditional visual, oral, written, and multimedia) that address: • community (e.g., People and Places)
- CR2.1
- texts (including contemporary and traditional visual, oral, written, and multimedia) that address: • social responsibility (e.g., Friendship) and make connections to prior learning and experiences.
- CR2.2
- View and explain (with support from the text) the key literal and inferential ideas (messages), important details, and how elements (such as colour, layout, medium, and special fonts) enhance meaning in grade-appropriate visual and multimedia texts.
- CR2.3
- Listen and retell (with support from the text) the key literal and inferential ideas (messages) and important details heard in small- and large-group activities, and follow oral directions and demonstrations.
- CR2.4
- Read and demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate literary and informational texts read silently and orally by relating and retelling key events and ideas in sequence with specific details and discussing how, why, and what if questions.
Key ideas
Identity is what makes each person themselves — their strengths, feelings, and what they can do.
We understand a text better when we connect it to what we already know and have done.
Communities have their own people, places, and traditions, and texts can show us many different ones.
Texts about First Nations and Métis communities and other cultures help us learn about experiences and traditions beyond our own.
Social responsibility includes being a good friend and caring about others.
Watch out for
- Thinking a story only means what is on the page, with no connection to your own life.
- Retelling the text but not making any connection to yourself.
- Thinking every community must look and celebrate exactly like your own.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 2 · 6 skills
Compose and Create
Creating Texts About Me, My Community, and Our World
Creating texts about who I am
I can make a picture, speak, or write about who I am, and connect it to my own life.
Official code: CC2.1
Creating texts about our community
I can make a picture, speak, or write about my community, and connect it to my own life.
Official code: CC2.1
Creating texts about caring and fairness
I can make a picture, speak, or write about being responsible, and connect it to my own life.
Official code: CC2.1
Showing ideas clearly with essential details
I can show an idea or story clearly in a chosen form, with the important details.
Official code: CC2.2
Speaking for a purpose and an audience
I can speak clearly for my audience and purpose, and give a reason for my opinion.
Official code: CC2.3
Writing stories, letters, and reports in paragraphs
I can write a clear paragraph of at least six sentences with relevant details.
Official code: CC2.4
The official wording · 6 outcomes
- CC2.1
- Compose and create a range of visual, multimedia, oral, and written texts that explore: • identity (e.g., My Family and Friends)
- CC2.1
- texts that explore: • community (e.g., Our Community)
- CC2.1
- texts that explore: • social responsibility (e.g., TV Ads for Children) and make connections to own life.
- CC2.2
- Use a variety of ways to represent understanding and to communicate ideas, procedures, stories, and feelings in a clear manner with essential details.
- CC2.3
- Speak clearly and audibly in an appropriate sequence for a familiar audience and a specific purpose when recounting stories and experiences, giving directions, offering an opinion and providing reasons, and explaining information and directions.
- CC2.4
- Write stories, poems, friendly letters, reports, and observations using appropriate and relevant details in clear and complete sentences and paragraphs of at least six sentences.
Key ideas
We can share our own identity — our family, friends, and what makes us us — in many forms.
Connecting our creation to our own life makes it real and meaningful.
Our community includes the people, places, and helpers around us.
We can share what we know and value about our community through pictures, talk, or writing.
Social responsibility means thinking about what is fair and good for everyone, like noticing when a TV ad is trying to sell you something.
Watch out for
- Sharing a made-up idea instead of connecting to your own real life.
- Creating without a clear message about who you are.
- Thinking community only means your own house.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 3 · 2 skills
Assess and Reflect
Thinking About and Improving My Learning
Reflecting on my work and strategies
I can look at my work and say what worked and what strategy I used.
Official code: AR2.1
Setting a personal goal to improve
I can set a personal goal to become a better reader, writer, or speaker.
Official code: AR2.2
The official wording · 2 outcomes
- AR2.1
- Reflect on and assess their viewing, listening, reading, speaking, writing, and other representing experiences and strategies by participating in discussions and relating work to a set of criteria (e.g., "What did I learn?").
- AR2.2
- Set personal goals as a result of group discussions (e.g.,"What did I do well?","How could I be a better viewer, listener, reader, representer, speaker, and writer?").
Key ideas
Reflecting means thinking back on our work and asking, 'What did I learn?' and 'What did I do well?'.
A strategy is a helpful trick we used, like rereading a sentence or using picture clues when stuck.
A personal goal is something just for you to work on, chosen after thinking about your learning.
Good goals are small and clear, so you can tell when you have reached them.
Watch out for
- Only saying 'it was good' without saying what worked.
- Thinking there are no strategies — that reading and writing just happen.
- Setting a goal that is too big or fuzzy to reach.
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 Saskatchewan’s own curriculum for English Language Arts, Grade 2.
Textbooks
The textbooks Saskatchewan Ministry of Education lists for English Language Arts, Grade 2:
- Gage Cornerstones 2: Canadian Language Arts
- Nelson Literacy 2
- Nelson Spelling 2
- PM Writing 2
- Turtle Island Voices Grade 2
From core resources, read October 27, 2026. curriculum.gov.sk.ca
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Questions about English Language Arts, Grade 2
What is English Language Arts, Grade 2?
Saskatchewan’s Grade 2 English course: 3 units and 14 skills, from Comprehend and Respond to Assess and Reflect.
What units are in English Language Arts, Grade 2?
1. Comprehend and Respond, 2. Compose and Create and 3. Assess and Reflect.
Is there a provincial exam for English Language Arts, Grade 2?
No. Saskatchewan gives no provincial exam for English Language Arts, Grade 2.
What textbook does English Language Arts, Grade 2 use?
The textbooks Saskatchewan Ministry of Education lists for English Language Arts, Grade 2: Gage Cornerstones 2: Canadian Language Arts, Nelson Literacy 2, Nelson Spelling 2, PM Writing 2 and Turtle Island Voices Grade 2.
What comes after English Language Arts, Grade 2?
English Language Arts, Grade 3.
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