Dearborn Educational Curriculum

Conventions of Standard English: Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences (e.g., The boy watched the movie; The little boy watched the movie; The action movie was watched by the little boy).

Conventions of Standard English: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Conventions of Standard English: Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names.

Conventions of Standard English: Use commas in greetings and closings of letters.

Conventions of Standard English: Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.

Conventions of Standard English: Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).

Conventions of Standard English: Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings

Knowledge of Language: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

Knowledge of Language: Compare formal and informal uses of English.

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.