Kansas Education Resource Center

 

Grade  :  Grade 2
Content Area  :  Writing, Approved 2004

1 Writing
The student writes effectively for a variety of audiences, purposes, and contexts.
1.1 The student writes narrative text using the writing process.
1.1.1 The student chooses and writes several sentences about one clear idea. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, revising, drafting: N,E,T)
1.1.2 The student practices writing by using personal experience and/or observations. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.1.3 The student develops one clear main idea with supporting details. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.1.4 The student discusses the differences between the author's work and the student's work. (plagiarism) (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.1.5 The student begins to use a variety of prewriting strategies. (e.g. webbing, brainstorming, listing) (Organization: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.1.6 The student writes a piece with a beginning, middle, and end. (Organization: prewriting, revising, drafting: N,E,T)
1.1.7 The student writes a simple paragraph(s) about one idea. (Organization: prewriting, revising, drafting: N,E,T)
1.1.8 The student begins to share emotions and feelings about the topic. (Voice: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.1.9 The student uses verbs, nouns and describing words in their writing. (Word Choice: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.1.10 The student uses new words to make writing more interesting. (Word Choice: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.1.11 The student writes complete sentences that are easy to read aloud. (Sentence Fluency: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.1.12 The student begins to write sentences with different beginnings. (Sentence Fluency; prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.1.13 The student recognizes an incomplete thought. (Sentence Fluency: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.1.14 The student uses correct spacing between words. (Conventions: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.1.15 The student capitalizes the beginning of a sentence and uses correct end punctuation. (Conventions: prewriting, revising, drafting: N,E,T)
1.1.16 The student uses correct subject/verb agreement and verb tenses. (Conventions: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.1.17 The student correctly spells high frequency words. (Conventions: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.1.18 The student attempts paragraph divisions. (Conventions: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.2 The student writes expository text using the writing process.
1.2.1 The student chooses and writes several sentences about one clear idea. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, revising, drafting: N,E,T)
1.2.2 The student develops one clear main idea with supporting details. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.2.3 The student writes by using personal experiences and/or observations to provide information from varied resources. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.2.4 The student expresses information in own words using complete sentences. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.2.5 The student discusses the differences between the author's work and the student's work. (plagiarism) (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.2.6 The student gives credit to the author, title, or Web site. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.2.7 The student begins to use a variety of prewriting strategies. (e.g. webbing, brainstorming, listing) (Organization: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.2.8 The student writes a piece with a beginning, middle, and end. (Organization: prewriting, revising, drafting: N,E,T)
1.2.9 The student writes a simple paragraph(s) about one idea. (Organization: prewriting, revising, drafting: N,E,T)
1.2.10 The student begins to use transitions to allow ideas to flow smoothly within the writing piece. (Organization; prewriting, revising, drafting: N,E,T)
1.2.11 The student writes feeling and thoughts about the topic with the purpose of informing the reader. (Voice: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.2.12 The student uses nouns, verbs, and describing words in their writing. (Word Choice: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.2.13 The student uses new words to make writing more interesting. (Word Choice: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.2.14 The student writes complete sentences that are easy to read aloud. (Sentence Fluency: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.2.15 The student writes sentences with different beginnings. (Sentence Fluency: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.2.16 The student recognizes an incomplete thought. (Sentence Fluency: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.2.17 The student uses correct spacing between words. (Conventions: prewriting, revising, drafting: N,E,T)
1.2.18 The student capitalizes the beginning of a sentence using correct punctuation. (Conventions: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.2.19 The student uses correct subject/verb agreement and verb tenses. (Conventions: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.2.20 The student correctly spells high frequency words. (Conventions: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.2.21 The student attempts paragraph divisions. (Conventions: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.3 The student writes technical text using the writing process.
1.3.1 The student chooses and writes several sentences about one clear idea. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, revising, drafting: N,E,T)
1.3.2 The student uses supporting details, which helps to clarify the main idea. (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.3.3 The student discusses the differences between the author's work and the student's work. (plagiarism) (Ideas and Content: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.3.4 The student begins to use a variety of prewriting strategies. (e.g. webbing, brainstorming, listing) (Organization: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.3.5 The student writes a simple statement(s) or list(s) about one idea. (Organization: prewriting, revising, drafting: N,E,T)
1.3.6 The student writes a piece in sequential order. (Organization: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.3.7 The student begins to use simple transitions. (e.g. first, second, third, finally) (Organization: prewriting, revising, drafting: N,E,T)
1.3.8 The student begins to write with an awareness of purpose and audience. (e.g. letters, simple reports, and/or directions) (Voice: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.3.9 The student chooses words that are reasonably accurate and makes the message clear. (e.g. technical terms) (Word Choice: prewriting, revising, drafting: N,E,T)
1.3.10 The student writes sentences or phrases that are easy to read aloud. (Sentence Fluency: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.3.11 The student capitalizes the beginning of a sentence and uses correct punctuation. (Conventions: prewriting, revising, drafting: N,E,T)
1.3.12 The student uses correct grammar when writing sentences or phrases. (Conventions: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.3.13 The student uses correct spelling even with more difficult words. (Conventions: prewriting, drafting, revising: N,E,T)
1.3.14 The student uses graphic devices. (e.g. tables, graphs, maps, other text features) (Conventions: prewriting, revising, drafting: T)