The following is a list of some of the milestones we look for our second graders to work toward:
- Using context clues to determine meaning
- Know purpose for reading
- Activate background knowledge
- Make logical predictions
- Distinguish between fiction and non-fiction
- Make connections between text and self, and between text and text
- Create a story map
- Visualize
- Use strategies after reading
- Create a map
- Draw conclusions
- Summarize
- Retell (major characters, setting, sequence events, problem and solution)
- Understand use of dialogue
- Understand bold and italics for emphasis
- Use strategies for non-fiction/informational text
- Identify topic of text
- Summary writing
- Fact or opinion
- Understanding of text features (illustrations, charts, graphs, table of contents, and index)