Grade 2

2.L.2a

Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names.

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2.L.2b

Use commas in greetings and closings of letters.

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2.L.2c

Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.

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2.L.2e

Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.

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2.L.3

Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

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2.L.3a

Compare formal and informal uses of English

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2.L.4

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.

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2.L.4a

Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

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2.L.4b

Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell).

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2.L.4c

Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., addition, additional).

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2.L.1b

Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g., feet, children, teeth, mice, fish).

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2.L.4d

Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words (e.g., birdhouse, lighthouse, housefly; bookshelf, notebook, bookmark).

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