Language+Arts+in+Second+Grade

ype in the content of your new page here. What Kids Should Lean in Reading; the goal is for children to view reading as central to learning and as a source of endless information and enjoyment. Each child should know that he or she can be a successful reader. The second grade curriculum is designed to ensure that children can: a) Identify and use the title, table of contents, glossary, and index of a book; b) Understand the roles of the suthors and illustrators of the books they read; c) Identify the setting, main characters and plot of a story can use context and word attack skills to decode the meaning of unknown words; d) Locate words in a dictionary; can begin to use an encyclopedia; e) Predict possible outcomes of a story; f) Read a variety of books in all curriculum areas; g) Begin reading children's magazines and newspapers: and h) Read some menus, television schedules, and grocery labels. Parents should continue to read to children daily, start personal libraries at home, increase the time children spend in silent reading, to encourage connections between what the children read and their own lives, to help them understand the multiple meanings of words, and to become familiar with the library so that they can begin to use it independently.