W Writing
Learning Outcome for Writing
2.W.1 Write routinely over brief time frames and for a variety of tasks, purposes, and audiences; apply reading standards to write in response to literature and nonfiction texts.
Handwriting
2.W.2.1 Form letters correctly and space words and sentences properly so that writing can be read easily by another person.
2.W.2.2 Students are expected to build upon and continue applying concepts learned previously.
Writing Genres
2.W.3.1 Write a logically connected paragraph or paragraphs, that introduce an opinion, with a concluding statement or section and multiple reasons to explain why a certain course of action should be followed.
2.W.3.2 Write a paragraph or paragraphs on a topic that introduce a topic, provide facts and details about the topic, and provide a concluding statement.
2.W.3.3 Develop topics for friendly letters, stories, poems, and other narrative purposes that
- 2.W.3.3.a Include a beginning.
- 2.W.3.3.b Use temporal words to signal event order (e.g., first of all).
- 2.W.3.3.c Provide details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings.
- 2.W.3.3.d Provide an ending.
The Writing Process
2.W.4 Apply the writing process to
- 2.W.4.a Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise writing, using appropriate reference materials, by adding details (e.g., organization, sentence structure, word choice); edit writing for format and conventions (e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation); and provide feedback to other writers.
- 2.W.4.b Use available technology to publish legible documents.
The Research Process
2.W.5 With support, conduct short research on a topic.
- 2.W.5.a Find information on a topic of interest (e.g., cardinals).
- 2.W.5.b Identify various visual and text reference sources
- 2.W.5.c Organize, summarize, and present the information, choosing from a variety of formats
Conventions of Standard English
2.W.6.1 Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage, focusing on:
- 2.W.6.1a Nouns/Pronouns — Writing sentences that include common, proper, possessive, and collective nouns, irregular plural nouns, and personal and possessive pronouns.
- 2.W.6.1b Verbs
- 2.W.6.1b.1 Writing sentences that use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs.
- 2.W.6.1b.2 Understanding the functions of different types of verbs (e.g., action, linking) in sentences.
- 2.W.6.1c Adjectives/Adverbs — Writing sentences that use adjectives and adverbs.
- 2.W.6.1e Usage — Writing correctly complete simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.
Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
2.W.6.2a Capitalization — Capitalizing greetings, months and days of the week, titles and initials in names, and proper nouns, including holidays and geographic names.
2.W.6.2b Punctuation
- 2.W.6.2b.a Correctly using a period, question mark, or exclamation mark at the end of a sentence.
- 2.W.6.2b.b Using an apostrophe to form contractions and singular possessive nouns.
- 2.W.6.2b.c Using commas in greetings and closings of letters, dates, and to separate items in a series.
2.W.6.2c Spelling
- 2.W.6.2c.a Correctly spelling words with short and long vowel sounds, r-controlled vowels, and consonant-blend patterns.
- 2.W.6.2c.b Generalizing learned spelling patterns (e.g., word families) when writing words.
- 2.W.6.2c.c Correctly spelling common irregularly-spelled grade-appropriate high frequency words.