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English Language Development — Grade 2

Goal 3. Reading — Intermediate Low

Goal 3. Reading

The learner will comprehend written English in personal, social, and academic contexts from print and non-print materials.

Level: Intermediate Low

Students will begin to use limited vocabulary to participate in discussions on familiar topics spoken at normal speed with periods of momentary silence. In addition, they may use forms of non-verbal communication to demonstrate comprehension. Learning objectives focus on identifying all upper and lowercase letters, distinguishing between short and long vowel sounds, beginning to produce word families, making simple statements, retelling stories and texts using some adjectives, identifying main idea and other elements of a story, identifying all parts of a book, making predictions, recognizing basic punctuation, paraphrasing, speaking in comprehensible English, correcting own writing, and following one-step and two-step directions.

Objective IL 3.01
Identify and name all uppercase and lowercase of the English language alphabet in print and handwritten form with some assistance.
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Objective IL 3.02
Identify and pronounce correctly an increasing number of blends and digraphs.
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Objective IL 3.03
Use phonics knowledge of sound-letter relationships to decode regular one-syllable words when reading simple text with instructional support.
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Objective IL 3.04
Demonstrate comprehension of below grade level text using a variety of products (e.g., stories, journal entries, letters, response logs simple poems, oral retellings).
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Objective IL 3.05
Increase vocabulary and concepts by reading familiar simple or patterned texts independently.
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Objective IL 3.06
Make simple statements about a character, setting or event from a text commensurate with the student's English language proficiency level.
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Objective IL 3.07
Answer factual, simple questions about what is read using text commensurate with the student's English language proficiency level.
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Objective IL 3.08
Recognize 35-50 high-frequency words.
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Objective IL 3.09
Read aloud independently with fluency and comprehension any text commensurate with the student's English language proficiency level.
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Objective IL 3.10
Read and retell at or below grade level text by utilizing facts and details to clarify ideas with occasional prompting (e.g., who, what, when, where, how, and why).
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Objective IL 3.11
Use pictures from story topic or personal experience to make predictions about text or reading selection.
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Objective IL 3.12
Identify and begin to produce word families in response to an oral prompt.
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Objective IL 3.13
Distinguish long and short vowel sounds in orally stated single syllable words.
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Objective IL 3.14
Recognize most beginning consonant letter sound associations in one-syllable words.
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