GRADE 2: ORAL COMMUNICATION - Scholastic Education

Momentum Correlations Ontario Grade 2By the end of Grade 2, students will:Purpose and Audience1.1 identify the topic, purpose, audience, and form forwriting (e.g., a fairy tale to entertain another class; theprocedure for fire drills to inform the class; a poster topromote a favourite book or movie)Teacher prompts: “What is your writing about?” “Whyare you writing?” “Whom are you writing for?”Developing Ideas1.2 generate ideas about a potential topic, using a varietyof strategies and resources (e.g., formulate and askquestions such as the five W's [who, what, when, where,why] to identify personal experiences, prior knowledge,and information needs; brainstorm ideas with a partner)Research1.3 gather information to support ideas for writing in avariety of ways and/or from a variety of sources (e.g.,from discussions with family and friends; from a varietyof texts, including teacher read-alouds, mentor texts,shared-, guided-, and independent-reading texts, andmedia texts)Classifying Ideas1.4 sort ideas and information for their writing in a varietyof ways, with support and direction (e.g., by using simplegraphic organizers such as webs or a Venn diagram)Organizing Ideas1.5 identify and order main ideas and supporting details,using graphic organizers (e.g., a story grammar:characters, setting, problem, solution; a sequential chart:first, then, next, finally) and organizational patterns (e.g.,problem-solution, chronological order)Review1.6 determine whether the ideas and information theyhave gathered are suitable for the purpose, and gather newmaterial if necessary (e.g., use a graphic organizer toexplain their material to a classmate and ask for feedbackto identify gaps)Getting Around; Watching the Game; Moving Day; We Wrote to Grandma; What Has Wings?; The Winter Wind;What Is the Weather Today?; What Lays Eggs?; Dumpsideary Jam; I Did That!; My Home Is Just Right for Me; InMy Garden; Mother Sun’s Rest Day; Rain, Rain, and More Rain; Newborn Animals; Which Animal Is That?; The BigRed Apple; Me and My Shadow; A Road Goes By; Snickers; Circus Fun; People at Work; Plants; On the OpenPlains; Hide-and-Seek; Water; Into Space; The Lion in the Night; The Lonely Dragon; A New Puppy; So ManyBirthdays; Rock PoolsGetting Around; Watching the Game; Moving Day; We Wrote to Grandma; What Has Wings?; The Winter Wind;What Is the Weather Today?; What Lays Eggs?; Dumpsideary Jam; I Did That!; My Home Is Just Right for Me; InMy Garden; Mother Sun’s Rest Day; Rain, Rain, and More Rain; Newborn Animals; Which Animal Is That?; The BigRed Apple; Me and My Shadow; A Road Goes By; Snickers; Circus Fun; People at Work; Plants; On the OpenPlains; Hide-and-Seek; Water; Into Space; The Lion in the Night; The Lonely Dragon; A New Puppy; So ManyBirthdays; Rock PoolsGetting Around; Watching the Game; Moving Day; We Wrote to Grandma; What Has Wings?; The Winter Wind;What Is the Weather Today?; What Lays Eggs?; Dumpsideary Jam; I Did That!; My Home Is Just Right for Me; InMy Garden; Mother Sun’s Rest Day; Rain, Rain, and More Rain; Newborn Animals; Which Animal Is That?; The BigRed Apple; Me and My Shadow; A Road Goes By; Snickers; Circus Fun; People at Work; Plants; On the OpenPlains; Hide-and-Seek; Water; Into Space; The Lion in the Night; The Lonely Dragon; A New Puppy; So ManyBirthdays; Rock PoolsGetting Around; Watching the Game; My Home Is Just Right for Me; In My Garden; Mother Sun’s Rest Day;Newborn Animals; Me and My Shadow; A Road Goes By; Snickers; People at Work; Plants; On the Open Plains;Hide-and-Seek; Water; Into Space; The Lion in the Night; A New Puppy; Rock PoolsWatching the Game; We Wrote to Grandma; What Lays Eggs?; Dumpsideary Jam; I Did That!; In My Garden;Mother Sun’s Rest Day; Newborn Animals; The Big Red Apple; A Road Goes By; Snickers; Circus Fun; Plants; Onthe Open Plains; Hide-and-Seek; The Lonely Dragon; So Many BirthdayMoving Day; What Has Wings?; Rain, Rain, and More Rain; A Road Goes By2. Using Knowledge of Form and Style in Writing