California joins more than 40 states in adopting the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are an updated set of curricular standards that have been developed with the intention of unifying curricula and standards across all 50 states. Schools in California will teach to these standards beginning with the 2014-15 school year. As a school district we begin out implementation of CCSS in math through the adoption of a brand new state adopted math curriculum, GO MATH. This fantastic new program is aligned with the new standards.

As the Elk Grove Unified School District rolls out the Common Core Standards, we recognize the importance of communicating the changes to parents. With that in mind, we have added a new parent webpage that we will update regularly as well as an FAQ Section specific to parents.

To Subscribe to the EGUSD CCSS Website visit:
http://blogs.egusd.net/ccss

Language Arts Common Core Standards for 2ndGrade
Students are expected to master the following standards by the end of 2nd Grade.
Foundational Reading Skills
RF.2.3.Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. *Short & long vowels *Common vowel teams *Two-syllable words with long vowels *Affixes *Sight Words
RF.2.4.Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Reading Literature
RL.2.1.Ask and answer such questions aswho, what, where, when, why, andhow.
RL.2.2.Recount stories to determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.2.3.Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
RL.2.4.Describe how words and phrases (alliteration, rhymes) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
RL.2.5.Describe the overall structure of a story.
RL.2.6.Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters.
RL.2.7.Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding.
RL.2.9.Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story by different authors or from different cultures.
RL.2.10.By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature.
Reading Informational Text
RI.2.1.Ask and answer such questions aswho, what, where, when, why, andhow.
RI.2.2.Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
RI.2.3.Describe the connection between a series of events, ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
RI.2.4.Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to agrade 2 topic or subject area.
RI.2.5.Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes).
RI.2.6.Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
RI.2.7.Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
RI.2.8.Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.
RI.2.9.Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
RI.2.10.By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts.
Writing
W.2.1.Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g.,because,and,also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
W.2.2.Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
W.2.3.Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
W.2.5.With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
W.2.6.With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
W.2.7.Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).
W.2.8.Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
Writing Conventions
L.2.1.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Use collective nouns (e.g.,group). Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g.,feet, children, teeth, mice, fish). Use reflexive pronouns (e.g.,myself, ourselves). Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g.,sat, hid, told).
Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences.
L.2.2.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names. Use commas in greetings and closings of letters. Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives. Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g.,cage → badge; boy → boil). Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
L.2.3.Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. Compare formal and informal uses of English.
Vocabulary
L.2.4.Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root. Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words. Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words.
L.2.5.Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings. Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g.,describe foods that are spicy or juicy). Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs and closely related adjectives.
L.2.6.Use words and phrases to describe.

Mathematics Common Core Standards for 2ndGrade
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
2.OA.1.Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions. Add and subtract within 20.
2.OA.2.Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies.2By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers. Work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication.
2.OA.3.Determine whether a group of objects (up to 20) has an odd or even number of members, e.g., by pairing objects or counting them by 2s; write an equation to express an even number as a sum of two equal addends.
2.OA.4.Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns; write an equation to express the total as a sum of equal addends.
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Understand place value.
2.NBT.1.Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; Understand the following as special cases: 100 can be thought of as a bundle of ten tens —a “hundred.”
2.NBT.2.Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.
2.NBT.3.Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.
2.NBT.4.Compare two three-digit numbers based on meanings of the hundreds, tens, and ones digits, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons. Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract. 2.NBT.5.Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. 2.NBT.6.Add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations. 2.NBT.7.Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. 2.NBT.8.Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100–900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100–900. 2.NBT.9.Explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations. Measurement and Data Measure and estimate lengths in standard units. 2.MD.1.Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes. 2.MD.2.Measure the length of an object twice, using length units of different lengths for the two measurements; describe how the two measurements relate to the size of the unit chosen. 2.MD.3.Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters. 2.MD.4.Measure to determine how much longer one object is than another, expressing the length difference in terms of a standard length unit. Relate addition and subtraction to length. 2.MD.5.Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve word problems involving lengths that are given in the same units. 2.MD.6.Represent whole numbers as lengths from 0 on a number line diagram with equally spaced points corresponding to the numbers 0, 1, 2, ..., and represent whole-number sums and differences within 100 on a number line diagram. Work with time and money. 2.MD.7.Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m. 2.MD.8.Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have? Represent and interpret data. 2.MD.9.Generate measurement data by measuring lengths of several objects to the nearest whole unit, or by making repeated measurements of the same object. Show the measurements by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in whole-number units. 2.MD.10.Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph. Geometry Reason with shapes and their attributes. 2.G.1.Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or a given number of equal faces.Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes. 2.G.2.Partition a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and count to find the total number of them. 2.G.3.Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, etc., and describe the whole as two halves, three thirds, four fourths. Recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape