Developing advanced literacy skills and communication
Continue your literacy journey! The Grade 2 Language Arts curriculum develops more sophisticated reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills through engaging stories and meaningful communication experiences.
Explore literacy development through enhanced listening, speaking, reading, and writing
Listening and Speaking
Grade 2 Language Arts
Enhance oral communication through extended conversations, presentations, and critical listening.
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ELOs
14
Outcomes
Key Learning Focus
•Engaging in extended conversations
•Presenting information clearly
•Following multi-step directions
•Asking and answering questions
Essential Learning Outcomes
ELO1
The learner will explore, use, and critically apply oral language for pleasure, personal growth, to form and foster relationships and to develop an appreciation and celebration of culture and of oral languages.
Build reading fluency, comprehension strategies, and critical viewing skills across text types.
3
ELOs
30
Outcomes
Key Learning Focus
•Reading with increased fluency and expression
•Using comprehension strategies
•Analyzing story elements
•Making inferences and connections
Essential Learning Outcomes
ELO1
The learner will demonstrate a variety of ways to select and engage critically with a range of culturally diverse paper based, visual and digital texts for a variety of purposes, including pleasure, and personal growth.
ELO2
The learner will demonstrate a variety of ways to use background knowledge and interests to select and engage critically with a range of culturally diverse paper based, visual, and digital texts for pleasure and personal growth.
ELO3
Interact with understanding and critical thought to a variety of genres and text forms using comprehension strategies, including sources of information.
Develop writing skills across various text types with attention to organization and conventions.
3
ELOs
29
Outcomes
Key Learning Focus
•Writing complete sentences and paragraphs
•Using descriptive language
•Applying writing conventions
•Writing for different purposes
Essential Learning Outcomes
ELO1
The learner will generate, gather, and organize thoughts to explore, clarify and reflect on ideas, feelings, and experiences as they create a written or representative draft, independently and collaboratively, for a range of audiences and purposes.
ELO2
The learner will revise the organization, and language use (vocabulary and grammar) drafted writing or representation, collaboratively and independently, for a variety of purposes and audiences.
ELO3
The learner will use their knowledge of spoken language, written language and writing conventions to refine the precision and enhance the meaning and clarity of their written work.
