The Prentice School

Curriculum

The Prentice School follows California State Content Standards, which were adopted by the California State Board of Education. To view detailed standards, please visit the California State Board of Education's webpage on Content Standards by clicking here.

Here is a sample below of a few standards for 2nd grade Language Arts:

Content and Essential Questions	Skills	Suggested Assessments
Writing Writing Strategies Organization and Focus Can you group related ideas in order to maintain a consistent focus? Penmanship Is your handwriting legible? Research Use Can you understand the purpose of research material? Evaluation and Revision Can you revise rough drafts to improve sequence? Can you revise rough drafts to add more detail?	Group Related 1.1 Group related ideas and maintain a consistent focus. 1.2 Create readable documents with legible handwriting. 1.3 Understand the purpose of various research material (e.g. dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, maps). 1.4 Revise original drafts to improve sequence and provide more descriptive detail. 2.1 Write brief narratives.	Graphic organizers Web writing Oral story building Journal writing Pocket chart Book Reports Final drafts Question of the Day Slingerland Journal writing Graphic organizers Final drafts Word search Identify countries, continents, and California Atlas and map Journal writing Graphic Organizers Teacher/Student Reviews 5 Steps of Writing Journal Writing Computer Typing Peer Editing Final Publishing of Story
Written and Oral English Language Conventions Sentence Structures What is a complete sentence? What is an incomplete sentence? Can you recognize parts of a sentence? Can you write a cohesive sentence?	1.1 Distinguish between complete and incomplete sentences. 2.1.2 Recognize and use correct word order in written sentences.	Graphic organizers Journal writing Question of the day Story writing Oral story building Shared interest writing Sentence cards Oral sentences Make/build Pocket Chart Sentence strips Slingerland DOL Peer Editing Sentence strips Journal writing Anthology Social Studies Question of the day Oral sentences Make/build journal Slingerland
Grammar Can you identify a noun? What is a verb? Can you identify a verb? Can you use nouns and verbs correctly in a sentence? Can you use contractions correctly in a sentence? Punctuation When is the appropriate time to use commas in a greeting and closure of a letter? When writing the date, where is the proper place for the comma? When writing items in series, where do the commas go? Can you identify that someone is speaking when quotation marks are present?	1.3 Identify and correctly use various parts of speech, including nouns and verbs in writing and speaking. 1.4 Use of commas in the greeting and closure of a letter and with dates and items in a series. 1.5 Use quotation marks correctly	Reading Groups Daily oral language Journal writing Question of day Anthology- Teacher's Guide Slingerland Slingerland Write friendly letter Journal Writing Free writes Writing prompts Slingerland Oral punctuation Sentence dance Interactive writing Reading groups Guided writing Journal writing Slingerland Oral language development Reading groups Final drafts
Capitalization When do you use capital letters? Spelling Are you able to spell “was, were, and said?” Can you spell correctly?	1.6 Capitalize all proper nouns, words at beginning of sentences and greetings, months and days of week, and titles and initials of people. 1.7 Spell frequently used words correctly (e.g. was, were, said). 1.8 Spell basic short-vowel, long-vowel,r-controlled, and consonant-blend patterns correctly.	Slingerland Journal writing Story writing using anthology and Social Studies themes Letter writing Reading groups Slingerland Calander DOL Editing Date writing Teacher observation Oral language development Slingerland Red flag words Decoding chart Spelling Blending Slingerland Scope and Sequence Red flag words Decoding chart Spelling Blending