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Virginia Standards

2nd Grade English SOL

All 20 Virginia English standards for 2nd grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Virginia Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

20 standards

Foundations for Reading

2 standards
2.FFR.2
Hear, blend and separate each sound in four- and five-sound spoken words with blends and digraphs, like sh-r-i-m-p in shrimp or c-r-u-s-t in crust.
2.FFR.3
Read and spell words like scratch, boat and bird, decode longer words by syllable type and by prefixes and suffixes, and read second grade sight words quickly.

Developing Skilled Readers and Building Reading Stamina

1 standard
2.DSR
Read second grade texts smoothly and self-correct, handle books at the easy end of the grades 2 to 3 range, back answers with text details, and learn from related books.

Reading and Vocabulary

1 standard
2.RV.1
Work out new words with prefixes, suffixes, synonyms and opposites, pick the right homophone like there or their from context, sort shades of meaning, and use new words.

Reading Literary Text

2 standards
2.RL.1
Retell a story in order with its moral, name the main problem using plot events, describe how characters feel and act when trouble comes, and predict what happens next.
2.RL.3
Set a reading purpose with guiding questions, explain what dialogue reveals about characters, and compare two cultures' versions of one story, like Cinderella tales.

Reading Informational Text

3 standards
2.RI.1
Answer and pose who, what, where, when, why and how questions about a nonfiction text, retell its key points to show the main topic, and tell facts from opinions.
2.RI.2
Preview a nonfiction text and find facts with its headings, captions, maps and charts, and name the author's main purpose, like to answer a question, explain or describe.
2.RI.3
Use what they already know to learn new ideas, compare the key points of two texts on one topic, and describe how two people, events or ideas in a text affect each other.

Foundations for Writing

2 standards
2.FFW.1
Keep printing neatly while starting cursive, learning to form capital and lowercase cursive letters and to sign their first and last name.
2.FFW.2
Spell one-syllable words with short vowels, silent e, vowel teams and r-controlled vowels like rain or storm, spell longer words by sound, and spell sight words quickly.

Writing

3 standards
2.W.1
Write detailed stories using time words like first and later, informative pieces with facts and examples, opinions with reasons, and responses to texts with details.
2.W.2
Plan writing for its purpose and type, open with a clear topic sentence, keep the reader in mind, choose and order details that fit, and finish with a closing sentence.
2.W.3
With adult help, revise writing to improve ideas, order, sentence flow and word choice, then edit for spelling, capital letters, grammar and punctuation.

Language Usage

2 standards
2.LU.1
Write simple and compound sentences using plurals like teeth, pronouns like anybody or myself, joining words like but and because, verbs like went, and contractions.
2.LU.2
Tell statements, questions and commands apart and end each correctly, put commas after a letter's greeting and closing, and apply known spelling patterns to new words.

Communication and Multimodal Literacies

3 standards
2.C.1
Join pair, group and class discussions, following talk rules, building on others' ideas, asking and answering questions, and asking a speaker to clarify when unsure.
2.C.2
Present ideas with topic words, a clear voice and good pacing, invite and answer audience questions, tell stories and act in skits, and retell information in order.
2.C.3
Make a simple presentation that mixes words with pictures, sound or video to help an audience understand the topic, like a short slideshow about bees.

Research

1 standard
2.R.1
Pick a topic and questions, find answers in reference books, websites or interviews, chart notes in their own words, and share them in a talk, writing or poster.

The official Virginia documents

The plain-English lines on this page are EMStudio's own explanations of Virginia's standards, not the official wording, which Virginia Department of Education publishes in the documents above. Codes and strand names identify each standard.