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Textbook 1Long Vowels and Silent-E Words

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Short and Long A

Chapter 2

Short and Long I

Chapter 3

Short and Long O

Chapter 4

Long U, Long E Review, and Mixed Silent-E Reading

Textbook 2Vowel Teams and Common Digraphs

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Common Long-A and Long-E Vowel Teams

Chapter 2

Common Long-O and Other High-Utility Vowel Teams

Chapter 3

Consonant Digraphs

Chapter 4

Mixed Vowel-Team and Digraph Reading

Textbook 3Consonant Blends and Two-Syllable Words

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Initial Consonant Blends

Chapter 2

S-Blends and Final Blends

Chapter 3

Compound Words and Two Spoken Parts

Chapter 4

Two-Syllable Reading in Connected Text

Textbook 4High-Frequency Words, Accuracy, Pace, and Fluency

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

High-Frequency Words

Chapter 2

Accuracy before Speed

Chapter 3

Pace, Phrasing, and Punctuation

Chapter 4

Dialogue, Poetry, and Expressive Reading

Textbook 5Sentence Types, Nouns, and Capitalization

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Statements and Questions

Chapter 2

Commands and Exclamations

Chapter 3

Common and Proper Nouns

Chapter 4

Singular, Plural, and Sentence Editing

Textbook 6Tense, Adjectives, Lists, and Precise Description

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Present Time

Chapter 2

Past and Future Time

Chapter 3

Adjectives and Shades of Description

Chapter 4

Commas in Lists

Textbook 7Main Idea, Supporting Details, Inference, and Text Types

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Chapter 2

Basic Inference

Chapter 3

Comparing Characters and Events

Chapter 4

Fiction and Nonfiction

Textbook 8One-Paragraph Writing, Narrative, Opinion, and Presentation

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Building One Paragraph

Chapter 2

Beginning, Middle, and End Narrative

Chapter 3

Opinion and Informative Writing

Chapter 4

Brief Prepared Presentation

Textbook 9Aesop, Panchatantra, Jataka, and Pourquoi Tales

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Aesop and the Meaning of a Moral

Chapter 2

Two Ways of Living

Chapter 3

Panchatantra and Jataka Animal Tales

Chapter 4

Pourquoi Tales

Textbook 10Fairy Tales across Cultures, Poetry, and Readers’ Theater

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Comparing Two Cinderella-Type Tales

Chapter 2

Fairy Tales and Repeated Patterns

Chapter 3

Rhyme, Rhythm, and Narrative Poetry

Chapter 4

Readers’ Theater and Grade 2 Literature Celebration

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Every competency, covered.

The 125 competencies set for Grade 2 English & Literature, and every one has lessons behind it.

Long Vowels and Silent-E Words

10 competencies

Review and apply common consonant and short-vowel correspondences automatically.
Identify and produce common long-vowel sounds.
Decode common vowel-consonant-e words.
Distinguish selected short- and long-vowel patterns.
Read a short grade-appropriate text accurately.
Reread to improve pace and smoothness.
Group familiar words into meaningful phrases.
Use punctuation to guide oral reading.
Self-correct when a word does not fit sound, syntax, or meaning.
Use familiar spelling patterns in independent writing.

Vowel Teams and Common Digraphs

10 competencies

Decode common vowel teams.
Recognize that different vowel teams may represent the same or similar sounds.
Decode common consonant digraphs.
Distinguish a digraph from two separately pronounced consonants in supported words.
Read a short grade-appropriate text accurately.
Reread to improve pace and smoothness.
Group familiar words into meaningful phrases.
Use punctuation to guide oral reading.
Self-correct when a word does not fit sound, syntax, or meaning.
Read a short dialogue or poem with beginning expression.

Consonant Blends and Two-Syllable Words

16 competencies

Decode common initial consonant blends.
Decode common final consonant blends.
Blend all sounds in a word without dropping a consonant from a blend.
Divide a simple spoken or printed word into two syllables.
Decode common two-syllable words using known sound patterns.
Decode compound words by recognizing familiar smaller words.
Read a short grade-appropriate text accurately.
Reread to improve pace and smoothness.
Group familiar words into meaningful phrases.
Use punctuation to guide oral reading.
Self-correct when a word does not fit sound, syntax, or meaning.
Read a short dialogue or poem with beginning expression.
Identify a familiar base word in a longer word.
Explain the effect of selected introductory prefixes.
Explain the effect of selected introductory suffixes.
Form supported words using a base and familiar affix.

High-Frequency Words, Accuracy, Pace, and Fluency

16 competencies

Read selected high-frequency words automatically.
Read selected irregular words automatically.
Read a short grade-appropriate text accurately.
Reread to improve pace and smoothness.
Group familiar words into meaningful phrases.
Use punctuation to guide oral reading.
Self-correct when a word does not fit sound, syntax, or meaning.
Read a short dialogue or poem with beginning expression.
Recognize rhyme in a poem.
Recognize a repeated beat or rhythm.
Recognize dialogue and character lines in a simple play.
Follow simple stage directions.
Perform a simple literary scene.
Participate in a readers’ theater performance.
Read a character’s line with appropriate emotion.
Recite a short poem with attention to rhythm.

Sentence Types, Nouns, and Capitalization

15 competencies

Identify and produce a statement.
Identify and produce a question.
Identify and produce a command.
Identify and produce an exclamation.
Use appropriate end punctuation for each sentence type.
Identify common nouns.
Identify proper nouns.
Capitalize names of people, specific places, days, and other taught proper nouns.
Form common plural nouns in familiar patterns.
Continue using natural subject–verb agreement in simple sentences.
Edit a sentence for capitalization and punctuation.
Edit a short paragraph for obvious sentence-boundary errors.
Write complete simple sentences consistently.
Use capitals, end punctuation, and commas in lists.
Publish or present one polished paragraph.

Tense, Adjectives, Lists, and Precise Description

22 competencies

Use simple present-tense verbs in familiar contexts.
Use simple past-tense verbs in familiar contexts.
Use simple future expressions in familiar contexts.
Maintain a consistent simple time frame in a short paragraph.
Identify adjectives that describe familiar nouns.
Use adjectives to add useful details.
Distinguish useful description from unnecessary repetition.
Use commas to separate three or more items in a simple list.
Continue using natural subject–verb agreement in simple sentences.
Edit a sentence for capitalization and punctuation.
Edit a short paragraph for obvious sentence-boundary errors.
Distinguish shades of meaning among related verbs.
Distinguish shades of meaning among related adjectives.
Arrange selected words from weaker to stronger meaning.
Sort words by category and subcategory.
Use a new word accurately in oral language.
Use a new word accurately in a written sentence.
Use adjectives to add relevant detail.
Use simple present, past, or future consistently.
Use capitals, end punctuation, and commas in lists.
Reread and add a missing detail.
Publish or present one polished paragraph.

Main Idea, Supporting Details, Inference, and Text Types

21 competencies

Identify the characters in a literary text.
Identify the plot as the important events of the story.
Organize plot events into beginning, middle, and end.
Identify the main idea of a short informational text.
Identify details supporting the main idea.
Distinguish a central detail from an unrelated detail in a short text.
Make a basic inference from a directly stated action, dialogue line, or illustration.
Explain a simple inference using one clear clue.
Compare two characters in one text.
Compare two important events in one text.
Distinguish fiction from nonfiction.
Explain whether a text mainly tells a story or gives information.
Use headings, captions, and pictures to support understanding.
Identify the topic of a paragraph or short text.
Recognize an obvious cause and result.
Ask and answer questions before, during, and after reading.
Use pictures and surrounding text to infer a simple word meaning.
Use a stated example as a clue to meaning.
Use a simple contrast as a clue to meaning.
Use content vocabulary from studied topics.
Use a simple glossary or teacher-provided word support.

One-Paragraph Writing, Narrative, Opinion, and Presentation

27 competencies

Retell a story with beginning, middle, and end.
Organize an oral retelling into beginning, middle, and end.
Follow multi-step spoken directions.
Give simple ordered directions.
Prepare a brief talk on one familiar topic.
Include several relevant facts or details in a talk.
Speak audibly and clearly.
Maintain beginning eye contact with listeners.
Ask a relevant question after listening.
Answer a question about a presentation.
Build respectfully on a partner’s idea in a brief conversation.
Write complete simple sentences consistently.
Group related sentences around one topic.
Write a short paragraph.
Begin a paragraph with a clear focus sentence in supported work.
Add related supporting sentences.
End a paragraph with a simple concluding statement where appropriate.
Write a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end.
Use sequence words such as first, next, then, and last.
Add an action, feeling, or description to a narrative.
Write an opinion and give one relevant reason.
Write informative sentences about one familiar topic.
Use adjectives to add relevant detail.
Use simple present, past, or future consistently.
Reread and add a missing detail.
Remove an obviously repeated or unrelated idea.
Publish or present one polished paragraph.

Aesop, Panchatantra, Jataka, and Pourquoi Tales

22 competencies

Identify the characters in a literary text.
Identify the setting.
Identify the plot as the important events of the story.
Organize plot events into beginning, middle, and end.
Identify a simple problem and resolution.
Identify a simple moral.
Recognize dialogue and character lines in a simple play.
Follow simple stage directions.
Perform a simple literary scene.
Retell a story with beginning, middle, and end.
Identify character, setting, and important events.
Identify a simple problem and resolution.
Compare two characters in one text.
Compare two important events in one text.
Distinguish fiction from nonfiction.
Explain whether a text mainly tells a story or gives information.
Identify a simple lesson or moral.
Retell a story or experience clearly.
Participate in a readers’ theater performance.
Read a character’s line with appropriate emotion.
Write a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end.
Write an opinion and give one relevant reason.

Fairy Tales across Cultures, Poetry, and Readers’ Theater

31 competencies

Read a short dialogue or poem with beginning expression.
Identify the characters in a literary text.
Identify the setting.
Identify the plot as the important events of the story.
Organize plot events into beginning, middle, and end.
Identify a simple problem and resolution.
Compare one character across two versions of a familiar tale.
Compare one important event across two versions.
Identify details that remain the same across tale versions.
Identify details that change across tale versions.
Recognize rhyme in a poem.
Recognize a repeated beat or rhythm.
Recognize repetition in literary language.
Distinguish an obvious story form from a poem form.
Recognize dialogue and character lines in a simple play.
Follow simple stage directions.
Perform a simple literary scene.
Express and explain a personal response to a literary work.
Retell a story with beginning, middle, and end.
Identify a simple problem and resolution.
Compare a familiar element in two short versions of one tale.
Identify a simple lesson or moral.
Retell a story or experience clearly.
Prepare a brief talk on one familiar topic.
Include several relevant facts or details in a talk.
Speak audibly and clearly.
Maintain beginning eye contact with listeners.
Participate in a readers’ theater performance.
Read a character’s line with appropriate emotion.
Recite a short poem with attention to rhythm.
Publish or present one polished paragraph.

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Textbook 1Long Vowels and Silent-E Words

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Short and Long A

Chapter 2

Short and Long I

Chapter 3

Short and Long O

Chapter 4

Long U, Long E Review, and Mixed Silent-E Reading

Textbook 2Vowel Teams and Common Digraphs

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Common Long-A and Long-E Vowel Teams

Chapter 2

Common Long-O and Other High-Utility Vowel Teams

Chapter 3

Consonant Digraphs

Chapter 4

Mixed Vowel-Team and Digraph Reading

Textbook 3Consonant Blends and Two-Syllable Words

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Initial Consonant Blends

Chapter 2

S-Blends and Final Blends

Chapter 3

Compound Words and Two Spoken Parts

Chapter 4

Two-Syllable Reading in Connected Text

Textbook 4High-Frequency Words, Accuracy, Pace, and Fluency

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

High-Frequency Words

Chapter 2

Accuracy before Speed

Chapter 3

Pace, Phrasing, and Punctuation

Chapter 4

Dialogue, Poetry, and Expressive Reading

Textbook 5Sentence Types, Nouns, and Capitalization

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Statements and Questions

Chapter 2

Commands and Exclamations

Chapter 3

Common and Proper Nouns

Chapter 4

Singular, Plural, and Sentence Editing

Textbook 6Tense, Adjectives, Lists, and Precise Description

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Present Time

Chapter 2

Past and Future Time

Chapter 3

Adjectives and Shades of Description

Chapter 4

Commas in Lists

Textbook 7Main Idea, Supporting Details, Inference, and Text Types

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Chapter 2

Basic Inference

Chapter 3

Comparing Characters and Events

Chapter 4

Fiction and Nonfiction

Textbook 8One-Paragraph Writing, Narrative, Opinion, and Presentation

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Building One Paragraph

Chapter 2

Beginning, Middle, and End Narrative

Chapter 3

Opinion and Informative Writing

Chapter 4

Brief Prepared Presentation

Textbook 9Aesop, Panchatantra, Jataka, and Pourquoi Tales

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Aesop and the Meaning of a Moral

Chapter 2

Two Ways of Living

Chapter 3

Panchatantra and Jataka Animal Tales

Chapter 4

Pourquoi Tales

Textbook 10Fairy Tales across Cultures, Poetry, and Readers’ Theater

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Comparing Two Cinderella-Type Tales

Chapter 2

Fairy Tales and Repeated Patterns

Chapter 3

Rhyme, Rhythm, and Narrative Poetry

Chapter 4

Readers’ Theater and Grade 2 Literature Celebration

Every competency, covered.

The 125 competencies set for Grade 2 English & Literature, and every one has lessons behind it.

Long Vowels and Silent-E Words

10 competencies

Review and apply common consonant and short-vowel correspondences automatically.
Identify and produce common long-vowel sounds.
Decode common vowel-consonant-e words.
Distinguish selected short- and long-vowel patterns.
Read a short grade-appropriate text accurately.
Reread to improve pace and smoothness.
Group familiar words into meaningful phrases.
Use punctuation to guide oral reading.
Self-correct when a word does not fit sound, syntax, or meaning.
Use familiar spelling patterns in independent writing.

Vowel Teams and Common Digraphs

10 competencies

Decode common vowel teams.
Recognize that different vowel teams may represent the same or similar sounds.
Decode common consonant digraphs.
Distinguish a digraph from two separately pronounced consonants in supported words.
Read a short grade-appropriate text accurately.
Reread to improve pace and smoothness.
Group familiar words into meaningful phrases.
Use punctuation to guide oral reading.
Self-correct when a word does not fit sound, syntax, or meaning.
Read a short dialogue or poem with beginning expression.

Consonant Blends and Two-Syllable Words

16 competencies

Decode common initial consonant blends.
Decode common final consonant blends.
Blend all sounds in a word without dropping a consonant from a blend.
Divide a simple spoken or printed word into two syllables.
Decode common two-syllable words using known sound patterns.
Decode compound words by recognizing familiar smaller words.
Read a short grade-appropriate text accurately.
Reread to improve pace and smoothness.
Group familiar words into meaningful phrases.
Use punctuation to guide oral reading.
Self-correct when a word does not fit sound, syntax, or meaning.
Read a short dialogue or poem with beginning expression.
Identify a familiar base word in a longer word.
Explain the effect of selected introductory prefixes.
Explain the effect of selected introductory suffixes.
Form supported words using a base and familiar affix.

High-Frequency Words, Accuracy, Pace, and Fluency

16 competencies

Read selected high-frequency words automatically.
Read selected irregular words automatically.
Read a short grade-appropriate text accurately.
Reread to improve pace and smoothness.
Group familiar words into meaningful phrases.
Use punctuation to guide oral reading.
Self-correct when a word does not fit sound, syntax, or meaning.
Read a short dialogue or poem with beginning expression.
Recognize rhyme in a poem.
Recognize a repeated beat or rhythm.
Recognize dialogue and character lines in a simple play.
Follow simple stage directions.
Perform a simple literary scene.
Participate in a readers’ theater performance.
Read a character’s line with appropriate emotion.
Recite a short poem with attention to rhythm.

Sentence Types, Nouns, and Capitalization

15 competencies

Identify and produce a statement.
Identify and produce a question.
Identify and produce a command.
Identify and produce an exclamation.
Use appropriate end punctuation for each sentence type.
Identify common nouns.
Identify proper nouns.
Capitalize names of people, specific places, days, and other taught proper nouns.
Form common plural nouns in familiar patterns.
Continue using natural subject–verb agreement in simple sentences.
Edit a sentence for capitalization and punctuation.
Edit a short paragraph for obvious sentence-boundary errors.
Write complete simple sentences consistently.
Use capitals, end punctuation, and commas in lists.
Publish or present one polished paragraph.

Tense, Adjectives, Lists, and Precise Description

22 competencies

Use simple present-tense verbs in familiar contexts.
Use simple past-tense verbs in familiar contexts.
Use simple future expressions in familiar contexts.
Maintain a consistent simple time frame in a short paragraph.
Identify adjectives that describe familiar nouns.
Use adjectives to add useful details.
Distinguish useful description from unnecessary repetition.
Use commas to separate three or more items in a simple list.
Continue using natural subject–verb agreement in simple sentences.
Edit a sentence for capitalization and punctuation.
Edit a short paragraph for obvious sentence-boundary errors.
Distinguish shades of meaning among related verbs.
Distinguish shades of meaning among related adjectives.
Arrange selected words from weaker to stronger meaning.
Sort words by category and subcategory.
Use a new word accurately in oral language.
Use a new word accurately in a written sentence.
Use adjectives to add relevant detail.
Use simple present, past, or future consistently.
Use capitals, end punctuation, and commas in lists.
Reread and add a missing detail.
Publish or present one polished paragraph.

Main Idea, Supporting Details, Inference, and Text Types

21 competencies

Identify the characters in a literary text.
Identify the plot as the important events of the story.
Organize plot events into beginning, middle, and end.
Identify the main idea of a short informational text.
Identify details supporting the main idea.
Distinguish a central detail from an unrelated detail in a short text.
Make a basic inference from a directly stated action, dialogue line, or illustration.
Explain a simple inference using one clear clue.
Compare two characters in one text.
Compare two important events in one text.
Distinguish fiction from nonfiction.
Explain whether a text mainly tells a story or gives information.
Use headings, captions, and pictures to support understanding.
Identify the topic of a paragraph or short text.
Recognize an obvious cause and result.
Ask and answer questions before, during, and after reading.
Use pictures and surrounding text to infer a simple word meaning.
Use a stated example as a clue to meaning.
Use a simple contrast as a clue to meaning.
Use content vocabulary from studied topics.
Use a simple glossary or teacher-provided word support.

One-Paragraph Writing, Narrative, Opinion, and Presentation

27 competencies

Retell a story with beginning, middle, and end.
Organize an oral retelling into beginning, middle, and end.
Follow multi-step spoken directions.
Give simple ordered directions.
Prepare a brief talk on one familiar topic.
Include several relevant facts or details in a talk.
Speak audibly and clearly.
Maintain beginning eye contact with listeners.
Ask a relevant question after listening.
Answer a question about a presentation.
Build respectfully on a partner’s idea in a brief conversation.
Write complete simple sentences consistently.
Group related sentences around one topic.
Write a short paragraph.
Begin a paragraph with a clear focus sentence in supported work.
Add related supporting sentences.
End a paragraph with a simple concluding statement where appropriate.
Write a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end.
Use sequence words such as first, next, then, and last.
Add an action, feeling, or description to a narrative.
Write an opinion and give one relevant reason.
Write informative sentences about one familiar topic.
Use adjectives to add relevant detail.
Use simple present, past, or future consistently.
Reread and add a missing detail.
Remove an obviously repeated or unrelated idea.
Publish or present one polished paragraph.

Aesop, Panchatantra, Jataka, and Pourquoi Tales

22 competencies

Identify the characters in a literary text.
Identify the setting.
Identify the plot as the important events of the story.
Organize plot events into beginning, middle, and end.
Identify a simple problem and resolution.
Identify a simple moral.
Recognize dialogue and character lines in a simple play.
Follow simple stage directions.
Perform a simple literary scene.
Retell a story with beginning, middle, and end.
Identify character, setting, and important events.
Identify a simple problem and resolution.
Compare two characters in one text.
Compare two important events in one text.
Distinguish fiction from nonfiction.
Explain whether a text mainly tells a story or gives information.
Identify a simple lesson or moral.
Retell a story or experience clearly.
Participate in a readers’ theater performance.
Read a character’s line with appropriate emotion.
Write a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end.
Write an opinion and give one relevant reason.

Fairy Tales across Cultures, Poetry, and Readers’ Theater

31 competencies

Read a short dialogue or poem with beginning expression.
Identify the characters in a literary text.
Identify the setting.
Identify the plot as the important events of the story.
Organize plot events into beginning, middle, and end.
Identify a simple problem and resolution.
Compare one character across two versions of a familiar tale.
Compare one important event across two versions.
Identify details that remain the same across tale versions.
Identify details that change across tale versions.
Recognize rhyme in a poem.
Recognize a repeated beat or rhythm.
Recognize repetition in literary language.
Distinguish an obvious story form from a poem form.
Recognize dialogue and character lines in a simple play.
Follow simple stage directions.
Perform a simple literary scene.
Express and explain a personal response to a literary work.
Retell a story with beginning, middle, and end.
Identify a simple problem and resolution.
Compare a familiar element in two short versions of one tale.
Identify a simple lesson or moral.
Retell a story or experience clearly.
Prepare a brief talk on one familiar topic.
Include several relevant facts or details in a talk.
Speak audibly and clearly.
Maintain beginning eye contact with listeners.
Participate in a readers’ theater performance.
Read a character’s line with appropriate emotion.
Recite a short poem with attention to rhythm.
Publish or present one polished paragraph.