I Can Read

(Reading Foundational Skills)

I can read words by using what I know about letters and sounds.
RF.2.3 I can show what I have learned about letters and sounds
by figuring out words.
RF.2.3A I can read long and short vowels correctly in words.
RF.2.3B I can spell and read vowel teams.
RF.2.3C I can read longer words with long vowel sounds.
RF.2.3D I can read words with prefixes and suffixes.
RF.2.3E I can find words that don't follow normal spelling rules,
but are common.
RF.2.3F I can read second grade words that aren't spelled the
way they sound.
I can read and understand books at my level well.
RF.2.4 I can read and understand books at my level well.
RF.2.4A I can read and understand second grade books.
RF.2.4B I can read second grade books aloud like a teacher would
read them.

RF.2.4C I can stop when I am reading and fix words that I mess
up or don't sound right.

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I Can Read Fiction

(Reading Literature)

I can read, understand and tell about fiction.

RL.2.1 I can ask and answer who, what, where, when, why and how
questions to show that I understand stories.
RL.2.2 I can remember and tell different kinds of stories and
share what the author is trying to teach.
RL.2.3 I can describe how characters in a story react to
important events in the story.
RL.2.4 I can tell how words in stories, poems or songs can give
them rhythm and help people understand them better.
RL.2.5 I can describe how a story is written including the
important parts of a beginning and an ending.
RL.2.6 I can show that I know the characters in a story by telling
about them or by using different character voices when I read
aloud.
RL.2.7 I can use what I learn from pictures and words to show
that I understand the characters, setting and events of a story.
RL.2.9 I can tell how two or more tellings of a story can be the
same and different.
RL.2.10 I can read and understand second grade stories and
poems by myself.

I Can Read Nonfiction

(Reading Informational Text)

I can read, understand and tell about nonfiction.

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 RI.2.1 I can ask and answer who, what, where, when, why and how
questions to show that I understand nonfiction.
RI.2.2 I can tell the main idea of a piece of nonfiction, including
the focus of important paragraphs.
RI.2.3 I can make connections between different events in
history.
RI.2.3 I can make connections between different science ideas.
RI.2.3 I can make connections between the different steps in a
set of directions.
RI.2.4 I can figure out the meanings of words when I am
studying a second grade topic.
RI.2.5 I can understand and use all the helpful parts of
nonfiction books to find important facts and details quickly.
RI.2.6 I can tell the author's main purpose in nonfiction writing.
RI.2.7 I can use diagrams and pictures to help me understand
nonfiction.
RI.2.8 I can describe how reasons support the points that an
author is trying to make.
RI.2.9 I can tell how the important points in two pieces of
nonfiction about the same topic are the same and different.
RI.2.10 I can read and understand second grade nonfiction by
myself.

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I Can Write
(Writing)

I can write different types of writing for different reasons.

W.2.1 I can write my opinion about a topic and give reasons for
my thinking.
W.2.2 I can write to teach about a topic by giving facts and
definitions about the topic.
W.2.3 I can write to tell an organized story with details about
events, thoughts and feelings.
I can write different types of writing for different reasons.
W.2.5 I can listen to others' ideas to revise and edit my writing
and make it better.
W.2.6 I can use a computer or tablet to publish my writing.
I can research topics with my class to help us write about them.
W.2.7 I can help my class explore books and write about what we
learn.
W.2.7 I can work with friends to make and record notes about
science experiments.
W.2.8 I can use what I have learned to answer questions or I can
find out the answers somewhere else.

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I Can Share & Listen

(Speaking and Listening)

I can have and understand conversations with all kinds of people.

SL.2.1 I can show that I know how to have good conversations
with my friends and teachers.
SL.2.1A I can listen, wait to take my turn and be respectful when
I am having conversations.
SL.2.1B I can make conversations better by making connections
between others' comments.
SL.2.1C I can ask questions during conversations to help me
understand what is being shared.
SL.2.2 I can talk about the important ideas and details after I
listen to someone read or speak.
SL.2.3 I can ask and answer questions about what a speaker says
to help me understand the information better.
I can share my ideas and what I have learned.
SL.2.4 I can tell or share a story with important details to help
others understand.
SL.2.4 I can speak loudly, clearly and in complete sentences when
I tell or share a story.
SL.2.5 I can make a recording of a story or poem.
SL.2.5 I can use drawings or other things like that to help people
understand me better.
SL.2.6 I can speak and share my ideas in complete sentences
when someone asks me a question.

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I Can Use Proper English

(Writing)
I can use proper English when I write and speak.
L.2.1 I can show that I know how to use words correctly when I
write and speak.
L.2.1A I can use collective nouns (a group of people, a pride of
lions).
L.2.1B I can make and use irregular plural nouns correctly. (feet,
children, teeth, mice, fish)
L.2.1C I can use reflexive pronouns (himself, myself, ourselves).
L.2.1D I can make and use common regular verbs (sat, hid, told).
L.2.1E I can use adjectives and adverbs correctly.
L.2.1F I can make and use complete simple and compound
sentences.
L.2.2 I can show that I know how to write sentences correctly.
L.2.2A I can use capital letters at the beginnings of holidays,
product names and places on a map.
L.2.2B I can use commas in greetings and closings of letters.
L.2.2C I can use apostrophes to make contractions.
L.2.2C I can use apostrophes to show possession.
L.2.2D I can use spelling patterns I have learned to write words.
L.2.2E I can use tools like a dictionary to check and correct my
spelling.
I can use what I know about language in different situations.
L.2.3 I can write, speak, read and listen by using what I know
about the English language.

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 L.2.3A I can compare formal and informal ways that people speak
English.
I can figure out what words mean and use them in different
situations.
L.2.4 I can figure out what words mean by using the strategies I
know and by thinking about what I have read.
L.2.4A I can use context clues to help me understand new words.
L.2.4B I can use prefixes that I know to help me understand new
words.
L.2.4C I can use root words to help me understand new words.
L.2.4D I can use the meanings of the two smaller words in a
compound word to make a prediction about what it means.
L.2.4E I can use glossaries, dictionaries or the internet to help
me find the meanings of new words.
L.2.5 I can figure out how words are related and how their
meanings might be alike.
L.2.5A I can find real-life connections between words and the
way they are used. (foods that are spicy or juicy)
L.2.5B I can tell the difference between similar verbs. (toss,
throw, hurl)
L.2.5B I can tell the difference between similar adjectives. (thin,
slender, skinny, scrawny)
L.2.6 I can use the new words I learn in different ways to show
that I know what they mean.

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I Can Do Math
(Operations & Algebraic Thinking)
I can write and solve problems using addition and subtraction.
2.OA.A.1 I can use strategies to solve addition word problems.
(within 100)
2.OA.A.1 I can use strategies to solve subtraction word
problems. (within 100)
I can add and subtract any numbers from 0 to 20 in my mind.
2.OA.B.2 I know my addition facts.
2.OA.B.2 I know my subtraction facts.
I can work with equal groups of objects to help me start to
understand multiplication.
2.OA.C.3 I can group objects to tell if a number is odd or even.
2.OA.C.3 I can write a number sentence to show how adding two
of the same number will equal an even number.
2.OA.C.4 I can use addition to help me figure out how many
objects are in an array.
2.OA.C.4 I can write a number sentence to show the total
number of objects are in an array.

I Can Do Math
(Numbers & Operations in Base Ten)
I can understand place value.
2.NBT.A.1 I can understand and use hundreds, tens and ones.

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 2.NBT.A.1A I can show that I understand that a bundle of ten

"tens" is called a "hundred".
2.NBT.A.1B I can show that I understand the numbers I use
when I count by hundreds, have a certain number of hundreds, 0
tens and 0 ones.
2.NBT.A.2 I can count to 1,000 by 1s, 5s, 10s and 100s.
2.NBT.A.3 I can read and write numbers to 1,000 in different
ways.
2.NBT.A.4 I can compare three-digit numbers using <, =, and >
because I understand hundreds, tens and ones.
I can use what I know about place value to help me add and
subtract.
2.NBT.B.5 I can add two-digit numbers.
2.NBT.B.5 I can subtract two-digit numbers.
2.NBT.B.6 I can add up to four 2-digit numbers.
2.NBT.B.7 I can use strategies to add numbers within 1000 and
know when to regroup.
2.NBT.B.7 I can use strategies to subtract numbers within 1000
and know when to borrow.
2.NBT.B.8 I can add and subtract 10 or 100 to any number from
100 to 900 in my head.
2.NBT.B.9 I can explain why adding and subtracting strategies
work using what I know about place value.

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I Can Do Math
(Measurement & Data)
I can measure and estimate lengths of objects.
2.MD.A.1 I can use different tools to measure objects.
2.MD.A.2 I can use two different units to measure the same
object and tell how the measurements compare.
2.MD.A.3 I can estimate the lengths of objects using inches,
feet, centimeters and meters.
2.MD.A.4 I can tell the difference in the lengths of two
different objects.
I can use what I know about addition and subtraction to
understand length.
2.MD.B.5 I can use addition and subtraction to solve
measurement problems.
2.MD.B.6 I can make and use a number line.
I can understand how to tell time.
2.MD.C.7 I can tell time to five minutes.
2.MD.C.7 I can use a.m. and p.m. in the right ways.
I can count money.
2.MD.C.8 I can count money to help me solve word problems.
I can understand how information is shared using numbers.
2.MD.D.9 I can make a table to organize information about
measurement.

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 2.MD.D.9 I can show measurements with a line plot.

2.MD.D.10 I can draw a picture graph to share number
information.
2.MD.D.10 I can draw a bar graph to share number information.
2.MD.D.10 I can solve problems using information from a bar
graph.

I Can Do Math
(Geometry)
I can understand shapes better by using what I notice about them.
2.G.A.1 I can name and draw shapes. (I know triangles,
quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and cubes.)
2.G.A.2 I can find the area of a rectangle by breaking it into
equal sized squares.
2.G.A.3 I can divide shapes into equal parts and describe the
parts with words like halves or thirds.
2.G.A.3 I can understand that equal parts of a shape may look
different depending on how I divide the shape.

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