Second Grade Reading Pacing Guide - Waynesboro Public Schools

text across the content areas. develop vocabulary (e.g., closely
related adjectives such as slender,
thin, scrawny; closely related verbs
such as look, peek, glance).
2.8 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts.
a) Make and confirm predictions.
c) Ask and answer questions about what is read.
e) Describe important events in fiction.
f) Identify the problem and solution.
g) Identify the main idea.
UNDERSTANDING THE STANDARD
(Background Information for
Instructor Use Only)
• Students will demonstrate
comprehension of story elements in
fiction by identifying the characters,
setting, and main idea.
• The main idea is the most important
idea from the paragraph or story.
• Teachers should provide
opportunities for students to respond
in writing to what is read.
ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDINGS
All students should:
• understand that comprehension
requires making, confirming and
revising predictions.
• understand that they must attend to the
details of the text in order to
comprehend.
ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
To be successful with this standard,
students are expected to:
• identify the problems and solutions
in stories.
• describe the important events of a
story.
• use information from illustrations
and words to demonstrate
comprehension of plots.
• describe how characters in a story
respond to key events.
• ask and answer simple who, what,
when, where, why, and how
questions to demonstrate
understanding of main details and
events in text.
• determine the main idea or theme of
paragraphs or stories.
• apply knowledge of story structure to
predict what will happen next (e.g.,
beginning/middle/end,
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