Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.2.3: Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
Passage | Page |
---|---|
Ladybugs | 1 |
Stars | 3 |
Mosquitoes Bug Birds | 4 |
Japanese Chins | 7 |
Sea Horses | 8 |
How Fish Fish | 9 |
Maras | 11 |
Clean Drinking Water | 12 |
What to Do About Bullies | 13 |
Beavers | 15 |
Parking Ramps | 16 |
Cactuses | 17 |
Tank Cars and Hoppers | 19 |
Using Context | 20 |
Fighting for Freedom | 22 |
Saving a Town From Lava | 23 |
Dolphins Save the Day | 24 |
Storms | 26 |
The Great Lakes | 27 |
The Great Alaskan Earthquake of 1964 | 30 |
Living on a Deserted Island | 31 |
Leaf-cutter Ants | 35 |
Is It a Cold or the Flu? | 36 |
Clay Pottery | 37 |
Blizzards | 38 |
Shutters | 39 |
Wild Waterspouts | 43 |
Flying Fish | 44 |
Pockets | 48 |
Women Helped Win World War II | 49 |
Figure Skating | 52 |
The Sun Shines at Midnight | 54 |
Signing the Declaration of Independence | 55 |
Opossums | 58 |
Hot Spots | 60 |
Seeds | 66 |
The Liberty Bell | 67 |
Roller Coasters | 68 |
Look Out for Lightning | 69 |
Avalanche! | 70 |
Copper | 71 |
Amphibians | 72 |
The Rock Cycle | 73 |
The Year That Had No Summer | 74 |
Hiding Bells to Win a War | 75 |
Mirrors | 76 |
Pro Skater Tony Hawk | 78 |
The Ice Age | 80 |
The Dead Sea | 81 |
Animal Behavior | 82 |
Chinchillas | 83 |
Envelopes | 84 |
The First Thanksgiving | 85 |
Gymnasts | 87 |
Street Surfing | 89 |
The White House | 90 |
The Water Cycle | 91 |
Shopping...Then and Now | 94 |
The Rockettes | 95 |
Fossil Fuels | 98 |
Modern Roads | 99 |
Tsunami! | 101 |
Volcanoes Change the Earth | 102 |
Mount Washington | 105 |
Elephants | 106 |
The Great Blizzard of 1888 | 108 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.2.1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
Passage | Page |
---|---|
Ladybugs | 1 |
Stars | 3 |
Mosquitoes Bug Birds | 4 |
Falling on a Porcupine Equals Falling in Love | 5 |
Birds Are Smart | 6 |
Japanese Chins | 7 |
Sea Horses | 8 |
How Fish Fish | 9 |
Birds That Can't Fly | 10 |
Maras | 11 |
Clean Drinking Water | 12 |
What to Do About Bullies | 13 |
Gold | 14 |
Beavers | 15 |
Parking Ramps | 16 |
Cactuses | 17 |
Radio City Music Hall | 18 |
Tank Cars and Hoppers | 19 |
Using Context | 20 |
Bug-eating Plants | 21 |
Fighting for Freedom | 22 |
Saving a Town From Lava | 23 |
Dolphins Save the Day | 24 |
Fungi | 25 |
Storms | 26 |
The Great Lakes | 27 |
The Sun and Moon | 28 |
Swimming Pools | 29 |
The Great Alaskan Earthquake of 1964 | 30 |
Living on a Deserted Island | 31 |
Boxcars and Flat Cars | 32 |
Strawberries | 33 |
Pets | 34 |
Leaf-cutter Ants | 35 |
Is It a Cold or the Flu? | 36 |
Clay Pottery | 37 |
Blizzards | 38 |
Shutters | 39 |
Hurricane Katrina | 40 |
The Thousand Islands | 41 |
Rabbits | 42 |
Wild Waterspouts | 43 |
Flying Fish | 44 |
Plants | 45 |
The Hippopotamus | 46 |
Pockets | 48 |
Women Helped Win World War II | 49 |
Subways | 50 |
Figure Skating | 52 |
Odd African Plants | 53 |
Signing the Declaration of Independence | 55 |
American Bald Eagles | 56 |
Climbing Mount Everst | 57 |
Opossums | 58 |
Taxes | 59 |
Hot Spots | 60 |
Maglev Trains | 61 |
Porcupines | 62 |
Grandma Moses | 63 |
American Indian Games | 64 |
Sharks | 65 |
Seeds | 66 |
The Liberty Bell | 67 |
Roller Coasters | 68 |
Look Out for Lightning | 69 |
Avalanche! | 70 |
Copper | 71 |
Amphibians | 72 |
The Rock Cycle | 73 |
The Year That Had No Summer | 74 |
Hiding Bells to Win a War | 75 |
Mirrors | 76 |
Theater | 77 |
Pro Skater Tony Hawk | 78 |
Giant Pandas | 79 |
The Ice Age | 80 |
The Dead Sea | 81 |
Animal Behavior | 82 |
Chinchillas | 83 |
Envelopes | 84 |
The First Thanksgiving | 85 |
Early Highways | 86 |
Gymnasts | 87 |
Street Surfing | 89 |
The White House | 90 |
The Water Cycle | 91 |
Turtles | 92 |
Strange Town Laws | 93 |
Shopping...Then and Now | 94 |
The Rockettes | 95 |
Earth's Plates | 96 |
Coffee | 97 |
Fossil Fuels | 98 |
Modern Roads | 99 |
New Year's Resolutions | 100 |
Tsunami! | 101 |
Volcanoes Change the Earth | 102 |
The Pony Express | 103 |
Religion | 104 |
Mount Washington | 105 |
Elephants | 106 |
The Internet | 107 |
The Great Blizzard of 1888 | 108 |
Fighting Germs | 110 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.2.2: Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
Passage | Page |
---|---|
P-U! It's a Skunk | 2 |
How Fish Fish | 9 |
Bug-eating Plants | 21 |
Dolphins Save the Day | 24 |
Plants | 45 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.RI.2.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
Passage | Page |
---|---|
P-U! It's a Skunk | 2 |
Mosquitoes Bug Birds | 4 |
Falling on a Porcupine Equals Falling in Love | 5 |
Birds Are Smart | 6 |
Sea Horses | 8 |
Birds That Can't Fly | 10 |
Gold | 14 |
Radio City Music Hall | 18 |
Using Context | 20 |
Bug-eating Plants | 21 |
Saving a Town From Lava | 23 |
The Sun and Moon | 28 |
Swimming Pools | 29 |
The Great Alaskan Earthquake of 1964 | 30 |
Living on a Deserted Island | 31 |
Strawberries | 33 |
Leaf-cutter Ants | 35 |
Clay Pottery | 37 |
Hurricane Katrina | 40 |
The Thousand Islands | 41 |
Wild Waterspouts | 43 |
Flying Fish | 44 |
The Hippopotamus | 46 |
Subways | 50 |
Jupiter | 51 |
Figure Skating | 52 |
The Sun Shines at Midnight | 54 |
Signing the Declaration of Independence | 55 |
American Bald Eagles | 56 |
Climbing Mount Everst | 57 |
Opossums | 58 |
Taxes | 59 |
Hot Spots | 60 |
Maglev Trains | 61 |
Porcupines | 62 |
Grandma Moses | 63 |
American Indian Games | 64 |
Seeds | 66 |
Roller Coasters | 68 |
Amphibians | 72 |
The Rock Cycle | 73 |
Hiding Bells to Win a War | 75 |
Theater | 77 |
Giant Pandas | 79 |
Early Highways | 86 |
Stained Glass Windows | 88 |
The Water Cycle | 91 |
Turtles | 92 |
Strange Town Laws | 93 |
Earth's Plates | 96 |
Coffee | 97 |
Fossil Fuels | 98 |
Modern Roads | 99 |
New Year's Resolutions | 100 |
Religion | 104 |
Mount Washington | 105 |
The Great Blizzard of 1888 | 108 |
Cheetahs | 109 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.RI.2.8: Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.
Passage | Page |
---|---|
What to Do About Bullies | 13 |
Cactuses | 17 |
Bug-eating Plants | 21 |
Saving a Town From Lava | 23 |
Dolphins Save the Day | 24 |
Leaf-cutter Ants | 35 |
Blizzards | 38 |
Women Helped Win World War II | 49 |
The Year That Had No Summer | 74 |
Hiding Bells to Win a War | 75 |
Giant Pandas | 79 |
Envelopes | 84 |
The First Thanksgiving | 85 |
Strange Town Laws | 93 |
Shopping...Then and Now | 94 |
New Year's Resolutions | 100 |
Mount Washington | 105 |
Fighting Germs | 110 |
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
ELA.RI.2.10: By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Passage | Page |
---|---|
Ladybugs | 1 |
P-U! It's a Skunk | 2 |
Stars | 3 |
Mosquitoes Bug Birds | 4 |
Falling on a Porcupine Equals Falling in Love | 5 |
Birds Are Smart | 6 |
Japanese Chins | 7 |
Sea Horses | 8 |
How Fish Fish | 9 |
Birds That Can't Fly | 10 |
Maras | 11 |
Clean Drinking Water | 12 |
What to Do About Bullies | 13 |
Gold | 14 |
Beavers | 15 |
Parking Ramps | 16 |
Cactuses | 17 |
Radio City Music Hall | 18 |
Tank Cars and Hoppers | 19 |
Using Context | 20 |
Bug-eating Plants | 21 |
Fighting for Freedom | 22 |
Saving a Town From Lava | 23 |
Dolphins Save the Day | 24 |
Fungi | 25 |
Storms | 26 |
The Great Lakes | 27 |
The Sun and Moon | 28 |
Swimming Pools | 29 |
The Great Alaskan Earthquake of 1964 | 30 |
Living on a Deserted Island | 31 |
Boxcars and Flat Cars | 32 |
Strawberries | 33 |
Pets | 34 |
Leaf-cutter Ants | 35 |
Is It a Cold or the Flu? | 36 |
Clay Pottery | 37 |
Blizzards | 38 |
Shutters | 39 |
Hurricane Katrina | 40 |
The Thousand Islands | 41 |
Rabbits | 42 |
Wild Waterspouts | 43 |
Flying Fish | 44 |
Plants | 45 |
The Hippopotamus | 46 |
A Cowboy's Life | 47 |
Pockets | 48 |
Women Helped Win World War II | 49 |
Subways | 50 |
Jupiter | 51 |
Figure Skating | 52 |
Odd African Plants | 53 |
The Sun Shines at Midnight | 54 |
Signing the Declaration of Independence | 55 |
American Bald Eagles | 56 |
Climbing Mount Everst | 57 |
Opossums | 58 |
Taxes | 59 |
Hot Spots | 60 |
Maglev Trains | 61 |
Porcupines | 62 |
Grandma Moses | 63 |
American Indian Games | 64 |
Sharks | 65 |
Seeds | 66 |
The Liberty Bell | 67 |
Roller Coasters | 68 |
Look Out for Lightning | 69 |
Avalanche! | 70 |
Copper | 71 |
Amphibians | 72 |
The Rock Cycle | 73 |
The Year That Had No Summer | 74 |
Hiding Bells to Win a War | 75 |
Mirrors | 76 |
Theater | 77 |
Pro Skater Tony Hawk | 78 |
Giant Pandas | 79 |
The Ice Age | 80 |
The Dead Sea | 81 |
Animal Behavior | 82 |
Chinchillas | 83 |
Envelopes | 84 |
The First Thanksgiving | 85 |
Early Highways | 86 |
Gymnasts | 87 |
Stained Glass Windows | 88 |
Street Surfing | 89 |
The White House | 90 |
The Water Cycle | 91 |
Turtles | 92 |
Strange Town Laws | 93 |
Shopping...Then and Now | 94 |
The Rockettes | 95 |
Earth's Plates | 96 |
Coffee | 97 |
Fossil Fuels | 98 |
Modern Roads | 99 |
New Year's Resolutions | 100 |
Tsunami! | 101 |
Volcanoes Change the Earth | 102 |
The Pony Express | 103 |
Religion | 104 |
Mount Washington | 105 |
Elephants | 106 |
The Internet | 107 |
The Great Blizzard of 1888 | 108 |
Cheetahs | 109 |
Fighting Germs | 110 |
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