Critical Content
Power Standards
- Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words in order to read and comprehend grade-level texts with purpose and understanding. (RF 2.3, 2.4)
Power Standards Critical Content
In the language of instruction, students will…
- Identify and distinguish the most common short (CVC) and long vowel (CVCE and VCE) patterns in words
- Correctly identify and pronounce common vowel teams (ea, oi, oo)
- Identify and decode two-syllable words with long vowels
- Identify and decode words with common prefixes and suffixes by breaking them into units of meaning (e.g., un + happy = unhappy)
- Identify words with similar patterns that create different sounds (bead/head, doll/roll, hint/pint)
- Read irregularly spelled words without having to sound them out (rule breakers)
- Read second grade text fluently (easy, smooth and automatic) and show comprehension
- Self-correct misunderstood words using context clues and reread with corrections when necessary