Second Grade Reading Pacing Guide - Waynesboro Public Schools

know, discussing real-life experiences,
and providing vicarious experiences
through reading.
• 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.
2.9 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction texts.
a) Preview the selection using text features.
b) Make and confirm predictions about the main idea.
d) Set purpose for reading.
UNDERSTANDING THE STANDARD
(Background Information for
Instructor Use Only)
• Students will also begin to learn the skills
of summarizing and skimming to locate
specific information in nonfiction text.
• The main idea is the most important idea
from the paragraph or story.
ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDINGS
All students should:
• demonstrate comprehension of
nonfiction.
• understand that comprehension
requires making, confirming and
revising predictions.
• understand that they must attend to
the details of the text in order to
comprehend.
2.10 The student will demonstrate comprehension of information in reference materials.
c) Use dictionaries, glossaries, and indices.
UNDERSTANDING THE STANDARD ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDINGS
(Background Information for
All students should:
• find evidence to support
predictions (e.g., return to text to
locate information, support
predictions, and answer questions).
• begin to skim for information to
answer questions
• explain how illustrations and
images contribute to and clarify
text.
ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND
SKILLS
To be successful with this standard,
students are expected to:
• use titles, headings, and
subheadings to generate ideas
about the text (Use Science Link)
• use print clues, such as italics to
assist in reading
• skim text for section headings to
help set a purpose for reading.
ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND
SKILLS
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