Grade 2 Writing Standards Fourth Quarter

							                                       Grade 2 Writing Standards
                                               Fourth Quarter

STRAND 3, CONCEPT 2 - EXPOSITORY
Expository writing includes nonfiction writing that describes, explains, informs, or summarizes ideas and
content.
The prompt may include a thesis based on research, observation, and/or experience.

       Standard                                            Description of Standard
      W2-S3-C2-01         Write expository texts (e.g., labels, lists, observations, journals).
       Expository

      W2-S3-C2-02         Participate in creating simple summaries from informational texts, graphs, tables, or maps.
       Expository

      W2-S1-C1-01         Generate ideas through pre-writing activities (e.g., brainstorming, webbing, drawing,
      Pre-writing         writer's notebook, group discussion).

      W2-S1-C1-02         Determine the purpose (e.g., to entertain, to inform, to communicate) of a writing piece.
       Pre-writing

      W2-S1-C1-03         Determine the intended audience of a writing piece.
       Pre-writing

      W2-S1-C2-01         Write a draft with supporting details.
       Drafting

      W2-S1-C2-02         Organize details into a logical sequence.
       Drafting
  W2-S1-C3-01       Reread original draft for clarity.
   Revising

  W2-S1-C3-02       Add additional relevant details for audience understanding.
    Revising

  W2-S1-C3-03       Evaluate the draft for use of one or more writing elements, with the assistance of teacher,
    Revising        peer, checklist, or rubric.

  W2-S1-C4-01       Review the draft for errors.
    Editing

  W2-S1-C4-02       Use simple resource to correct conventions.
    Editing

  W2-S1-C5-01       Rewrite and illustrate selected pieces of writing for sharing with intended audience.
   Publishing

 W2-S1-C5-02        Write legibly.
  Publishing

  W2-S2-C1-01       Write stand-alone text that expresses a clear message.
Ideas and Content

  W2-S2-C1-01       Incorporate relevant details that give the text interest.
Ideas and Content

 W2-S2-C2-01        Organize content in a selected format (e.g., friendly letter, narrative, expository text).
 Organization

 W2-S2-C2-02        Use beginning and concluding statements (other than simply "The End") in text.
 Organization
 W2-S2-C2-03       Use signal words (e.g., first, second, third; 1, 2, 3) to indicate the order of events or ideas.
 Organization

 W2-S2-C2-04       Use transitional words and phrases (e.g., next, then, so, but, while, after that, because) to
 Organization      connect ideas.


 W2-S2-C2-05       Write multiple sentences that support a topic.
 Organization

 W2-S2-C3-01       Show awareness of the audience through word choice and style.
    Voice

 W2-S2-C3-02       Write text that is expressive, individualistic, engaging, and lively.
    Voice

 W2-S2-C4-01       Select words that convey the intended meaning and create a picture in the reader's mind.
 Word Choice

 W2-S2-C4-02       Use a variety of words, even if not spelled correctly, to convey the intended message.
 Word Choice

 W2-S2-C4-03       Use expressive or descriptive phrases and short sentences, beyond one- or two-word labels.
 Word Choice

 W2-S2-C5-01       Write simple sentences.
Sentence Fluency

 W2-S2-C5-02       Write sentences that flow together and sound natural when read aloud.
Sentence Fluency

 W2-S2-C5-03       Use a variety of sentence beginnings and lengths.
Sentence Fluency
W2-S2-C6-01    Use capital letters for: the pronoun I, the beginning of a sentence and proper nouns.
Conventions    (i.e., names, days, months)

W2-S2-C6-02    Punctuate endings of sentences using: periods, question marks and        exclamation points.
 Conventions

W2-S2-C6-03    Use commas to punctuate: items in a series, greetings and closings of letters and dates.
 Conventions

W2-S2-C6-04    Use a colon to punctuate time.
 Conventions

W2-S2-C6-05    Use apostrophes to correctly punctuate contractions.
 Conventions

W2-S2-C6-06    Spell high frequency words correctly.
 Conventions

W2-S2-C6-07    Use common spelling patterns, including: word families, simple CVC words, regular plurals,
 Conventions   simple prefixes and simple suffixes.

W2-S2-C6-08    Use phonetic spelling and syllabication to create readable text.
 Conventions

W2-S2-C6-09    Use resources (e.g., environmental print, word walls, dictionaries) to spell correctly.
 Conventions

W2-S2-C6-10    Use the following parts of speech correctly in simple sentences: nouns, action verbs,
Conventions    personal pronouns and adjectives.

W2-S2-C6-11    Use subject/verb agreement in simple sentences
Conventions

W2-S2-C6-12    Write own name on personal work.
Conventions