English Language Arts Grade 2 (2023)
Lesson Plans

Reading (2.R)

Students will learn to proficiently read and comprehend grade level literature and informational text, including seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance, at the high end of the grade level text complexity band, with scaffolding as needed. *Standard R.4 includes an asterisk to refer educators back to the Text Complexity Grade Bands and Associated Lexile Ranges in the introduction of the standards.

Standard 2.R.14:

Compare two or more versions of the same text from different cultures and the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic. (RL & RI)

• Cowboys and Castles: Interacting With Fractured Texas Tales
  What do cowboy hats have to do with fairy tales? Two traditional fairy tales and their Texas-based counterparts set the stage for five different ways to respond to text.

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