Grade by Grade
Alberta · Grade 2

English Language Arts and Literature

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

TFSText Forms and Structures

How the organization of ideas in texts supports purpose; characters, setting and plot

OLOral Language

Adjust listening and speaking to communicate clearly and build relationships

VVocabulary

Connect morphemes and words to their meanings

PAPhonological Awareness

Apply understanding of how sounds create meaning in oral language

PPhonics

Letter combinations and sounds in words, to read fluently and spell correctly

FFluency

Apply fluency strategies while reading

CComprehension

Rereading, altering speed and predicting to understand stories and informational texts

WWriting

Writing processes; imaginative retellings and dramatizations of stories

CVConventions

Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation that clarify written ideas