Buder Elementary School

2nd Grade Reading Expectations 

Students can recognize and analyze words. 

• Students can decode words using short vowel sounds.  

•  Students can read text by decoding word parts.

• Students can blend sounds of words to read text. 

• Students can separate two-part words orally and in text. 

• Students can identify root words and their inflectional forms in text.  

• Students can interpret vocabulary when reading independently.

• Students can read high-frequency words in text.

Students can comprehend and fluently read text. 

• Students can comprehend text by applying reading strategies. 

• Students can utilize comprehension strategies. 

• Students can read fluently to comprehend text. 

 Students can apply knowledge of text structures, literary devices, and literary elements to develop interpretations and form responses. 

• Students can identify major literary elements in text. 

• Students can identify similarities and differences in text written by the same author. 

•  Students can identify the differences between genres including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.  

 Students can interpret and respond to diverse, multicultural, and time-period texts.  

•  Students can compare text from different cultures as read aloud by the teacher. 

 Students can access, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate informational texts. 

•  Students can locate and utilize a table of contents.  

•  Students can alphabetize words to the first letter.