English Language Arts Standards
Second grade language artsHere is a list of language arts skills students learn in second grade! These skills are organized into categories.
Reading foundations Reading strategies Writing strategies Vocabulary Grammar and mechanics Reading foundationsSyllablesRhyming
Short and long vowels
R-controlled vowels
Topic and purposeCause and effectCompare and contrast
Independent reading comprehension
Author's purposeOpinion writing
Descriptive details
Synonyms and antonyms
IdiomsContext cluesReference skills
Verb typesSubject-verb agreementVerb tense
Adjectives and adverbs
Reading foundations Reading strategies Writing strategies Vocabulary Grammar and mechanics Reading foundationsSyllablesRhyming
- B.1Choose the picture that rhymes with the word
- B.2Which word does not rhyme?
- B.3Complete the rhyme
- B.4Complete the poem with a word that rhymes
- B.5Spell rhyming words to answer riddles
- C.1Complete the word with the correct initial consonant blend
- C.2Complete the word with the correct final consonant blend
- C.3Spell the word with a consonant blend
- C.4Complete the word with the correct digraph: ch, sh, th
- C.5Complete the word with the correct digraph: ph, qu, wh
- C.6Spell the digraph word: ch, sh, th
- C.7Spell the digraph word: ph, qu, wh
- C.8Sort by initial consonant blend or digraph
- C.9Complete the word with a three-letter consonant blend
- C.10Complete the sentence with a three-letter consonant blend word
- C.11Complete the words with silent letters
- D.1Complete the word with the correct short vowel
- D.2Spell the short a word
- D.3Spell the short e word
- D.4Spell the short i word
- D.5Spell the short o word
- D.6Spell the short u word
Short and long vowels
- E.1Sort short and long vowel words
- E.2Match the short a and long a words to pictures
- E.3Match the short e and long e words to pictures
- E.4Choose the short i or long i word that matches the picture
- E.5Choose the short o or long o word that matches the picture
- E.6Choose the short u or long u word that matches the picture
- E.7Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words
- E.8Is the syllable open or closed?
- E.9Spell words with open and closed syllables
- E.10Complete the sentence with the correct -ild, -ind, -old, -olt, or -ost word
- F.1Choose the silent e word that matches the picture
- F.2Complete the silent e words
- F.3Spell the silent e word
- F.4Choose the silent e sentence that matches the picture
- G.1Choose the picture that matches the vowel team word
- G.2Complete the vowel team words
- G.3Complete the word with the correct vowel team
- G.4Choose the vowel team sentence that matches the picture
- H.1Choose the words with a given long vowel
- H.2Spell the long a word: silent e, ai, ay
- H.3Spell the long e word: ee, ea
- H.4Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y
- H.5Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow
- H.6Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ew
R-controlled vowels
- I.1Choose the r-control word that matches the picture
- I.2Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur
- I.3Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: er, ir, ur
- I.4Choose the r-control sentence that matches the picture
- J.1Choose the diphthong word that matches the picture
- J.2Complete the word with the correct diphthong: oi, oy, ou, ow
- J.3Choose the diphthong sentence that matches the picture
- L.1Sort soft and hard g words and soft and hard c words
- L.2Pick the soft g or soft c word that matches the picture
- L.3Choose the soft g or soft c sentence that matches the picture
- L.4Spell the soft g or soft c word
- M.1Put two syllables together to create a word
- M.2Complete the two-syllable words
- M.3Complete the sentence with a two-syllable word
- N.1Complete the consonant-l-e words
- N.2Choose the correct spelling of the consonant-l-e word
- N.3Spell the consonant-l-e word
- O.1Choose the sight word that you hear
- O.2Complete the sentence with the correct sight word
- O.3Spell the sight word
Topic and purposeCause and effectCompare and contrast
Independent reading comprehension
- V.1Read and understand informational passages
- V.2Analyze stories
- V.3Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales
- Y.1Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence
- Y.2Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs
- Y.3Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs
- Z.1Use conjunctions
- Z.2Use subordinating conjunctions
- Z.3Identify time-order words
- Z.4Use time-order words
- Z.5Use linking words to complete a passage
Author's purposeOpinion writing
- BB.1Complete the fact and opinion sentences
- BB.2Complete the opinion passage with an example
- BB.3Complete the opinion passage with a reason
- BB.4Complete the opinion-reason-example table
Descriptive details
- CC.1Choose the sensory details that match the picture
- CC.2Add descriptive details to sentences
- CC.3Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
- CC.4Insert dialogue into a story
- DD.1Combining sentences: subjects
- DD.2Combining sentences: predicates
- DD.3Combining sentences: subjects and predicates
- DD.4Rewrite sentences using introductory elements
- EE.1Complete the word with the ending that you hear
- EE.2Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes
- EE.3Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis-
- EE.4Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis-
- EE.5Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less
- EE.6Prefixes and suffixes: review
Synonyms and antonyms
- HH.1Choose the synonym
- HH.2Find synonyms in context
- HH.3Choose the antonym
- HH.4Which sentence uses an antonym?
- HH.5Find antonyms in context
- HH.6Which sentence has the same meaning?
- KK.1Shades of meaning with pictures
- KK.2Find the words with related meanings
- KK.3Describe the difference between related words
- KK.4Order related words based on meaning
IdiomsContext cluesReference skills
- NN.1Order alphabetically based on the first letter
- NN.2Order alphabetically based on the first two letters
- NN.3Order alphabetically based on the first three letters
- NN.4Use guide words
- NN.5Use dictionary entries
- OO.1Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation?
- OO.2Identify the subject of a sentence
- OO.3Identify the predicate of a sentence
- OO.4Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
- OO.5Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?
- OO.6Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
- OO.7Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence
- PP.1Select the nouns
- PP.2Which word is a noun?
- PP.3Identify nouns
- PP.4Sort common and proper nouns
- PP.5Identify common and proper nouns
- PP.6Form regular plurals with -s and -es
- PP.7Use regular plurals with -s and -es
- PP.8Use singular and plural nouns
- PP.9Is the noun singular or plural?
- PP.10Form and use irregular plurals
- PP.11Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives
- PP.12Form the singular or plural possessive
- PP.13Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
- QQ.1Identify personal pronouns
- QQ.2Choose between subject and object personal pronouns
- QQ.3Replace the singular noun with a personal pronoun
- QQ.4Replace the plural noun with a personal pronoun
- QQ.5Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"
- QQ.6Choose the correct personal pronoun
- QQ.7Identify possessive pronouns
- QQ.8Use possessive pronouns
- QQ.9Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
- QQ.10Use reflexive pronouns
Verb typesSubject-verb agreementVerb tense
- TT.1Which sentence is in the regular past tense?
- TT.2Identify verbs in the regular past tense
- TT.3Form and use the regular past tense
- TT.4Place sentences on a timeline
- TT.5Change the sentence to future tense
- TT.6Identify the irregular past tense I
- TT.7Identify the irregular past tense II
- TT.8Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1
- TT.9Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2
- TT.10Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3
- TT.11Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4
- TT.12Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures
- TT.13To be: use the correct present tense form
- TT.14To be: use the correct past tense form
- TT.15To be: use the correct form
- TT.16To have: use the correct form
- TT.17Place sentences with irregular verbs on a timeline
- TT.18Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense?
Adjectives and adverbs
- VV.1Use sense words
- VV.2Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many?
- VV.3Identify the adjective that describes the noun
- VV.4Identify adjectives
- VV.5Identify comparative and superlative adjectives
- VV.6Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where?
- VV.7Identify adverbs
- VV.8Choose between adjectives and adverbs
- VV.9Is the word an adjective or adverb?
- WW.1Select the best preposition to match the picture
- WW.2Select the best preposition to complete the sentence
- XX.1Match the contractions
- XX.2Form pronoun-verb contractions
- XX.3Form contractions with "not"
- XX.4Use pronoun-verb contractions
- XX.5Use contractions with "not"
- XX.6Use contractions in a sentence