Grade 2
Grade 2 English Language Arts
7 units and 58 learning lessons. This is the outline a Grade 2 student works through in English Language Arts — the lessons themselves are taught inside OHM School, adapted to how each child is doing.
About this outline: the listed lessons are part of the available learning path. A lesson appearing here does not mean its standards mapping or assessment evidence has completed educator review. See the evidence and review methodology.
Grade 2 English Language Arts
OHM School · Grade 2
English Language Arts
7 units · 58 lessons
It opens with Complex Phonics and closes with Grammar and Vocabulary.
All units
All units
Lessons
Unit 1 of 7
Complex Phonics
7 lessons
Lessons
- 1R-Controlled Vowels
- 2Diphthongs
- 3Long Vowel Teams
- 4Multisyllable Words: Compound Words
- 5Multisyllable Words: Syllable Division
- 6Prefixes and Suffixes
- 7Irregular Spellings
Unit 2 of 7
Reading Fluency
3 lessons
Lessons
- 1Accurate and Smooth Reading
- 2Reading with Expression
- 3Self-Correcting with Context
Unit 3 of 7
Reading Literature
10 lessons
Lessons
- 1Asking and Answering Questions about Text
- 2Story Elements
- 3Fables and Folktales
- 4How Characters Respond to Challenges
- 5Rhythm and Meaning in Poems
- 6Beginnings and Endings
- 7Characters' Points of View
- 8Words and Pictures Together
- 9Comparing Versions of a Story
- 10Reading Stories and Poems
Unit 4 of 7
Reading Informational Text
9 lessons
Lessons
- 1Main Topic of Paragraphs
- 2Connecting Events and Ideas
- 3Subject Words
- 4Understanding Informational Text Features
- 5The Author's Purpose
- 6Images That Explain
- 7Reasons That Support Points
- 8Comparing Two Texts
- 9Reading Informational Texts
Unit 5 of 7
Paragraph Writing
9 lessons
Lessons
- 1Topic Sentences
- 2Supporting Details
- 3Writing a Complete Paragraph
- 4Opinion Writing with Reasons
- 5Informative Writing with Facts
- 6Narrative Writing with Details
- 7Revising and Editing
- 8Publishing with Digital Tools
- 9Research Report Project
Unit 6 of 7
Speaking and Listening
6 lessons
Lessons
- 1Building on Others' Talk
- 2Retelling What We Hear
- 3Asking a Speaker Questions
- 4Telling a Story Clearly
- 5Recording Stories and Poems
- 6Complete Sentences When Speaking
Unit 7 of 7
Grammar and Vocabulary
14 lessons
Lessons
- 1Nouns and Verbs
- 2Collective Nouns and Irregular Plurals
- 3Reflexive Pronouns
- 4Past, Present, and Future Tense
- 5Irregular Past-Tense Verbs
- 6Adjectives
- 7Adjectives and Adverbs
- 8Capitals and Commas
- 9Apostrophes
- 10Formal and Informal English
- 11Word Parts and Meanings
- 12Glossaries and Dictionaries
- 13Shades of Meaning
- 14Describing Words
How it is taught
The whole subject, in the order a child meets it.
- What is covered7 units and 58 lessons, every one of them in the book above: this is the whole of English Language Arts in Grade 2, not a sample.
- Taught in orderA lesson unlocks when the one before it is mastered, and review is scheduled from what the child has actually shown rather than on a fixed timetable.
- Kept currentThese titles are read from the live curriculum, so what is in this book is what a Grade 2 student would work through today.
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