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Ela 2
Ela 2
The rubrics for English Language Arts complement the curriculum and achievement standards which provide detailed benchmarks.
Speaking and Listening Standards: To be added in October 2015
Reading and Writing Standards:
https://portal.nbed.nb.ca/tr/lr/Curriculum%20Support%20Resources/Grade%202%20%20FINAL,%20October%206.pdf
Consistently listens to the Often listens to and builds off Sometimes listens to the ideas Rarely listens to the ideas and
ideas and opinions of others. the ideas and opinions of and opinions of others. opinions of others.
others.
Speaking and Listening - 2
Consistently sustains a 1:1 May require prompting to Very limited ability to sustain
conversation, using cues and Routinely sustains a 1:1 sustain a 1:1 conversation, a 1:1 conversation, and rarely
Speaking
conventions to communicate conversation, using cues and and use cues and conventions uses cues and conventions to
ideas and feelings and to conventions to communicate to communicate ideas and communicate ideas and
extend conversation. ideas and feelings. feelings. feelings.
Always understands key ideas Usually understands key ideas Somewhat understands key Unable to understand key
and overall message. and overall message. ideas and gets the gist of the ideas or misses the overall
message. message.
Consistently responds Generally responds
Listening Comprehension
word order, and context) to word order, and context) to language, word order, and cues (sounds, language, word
monitor and self-correct. monitor and self-correct. context) to monitor and self- order, context) to monitor and
correct. self-correct.
Adds new vocabulary to Has acquired a large sight-
Reading and Viewing - 2
large personal bank of word bank of personally Recognizes high-frequency Recognizes some high-
sight-words. significant words. words and has a sight-word frequency words, and has a
bank of personally significant limited bank of personally
words. significant sight words.
Responds accurately to Usually responds accurately to With prompting, responds Requires extensive support to
literal questions (main idea, literal questions (main idea, accurately to literal questions respond to literal questions.
supporting details, retells). supporting details, retells). (main idea, supporting
details, and retells). Rarely uses context clues,
Makes interpretations Often makes simple inferences background knowledge, and
(beyond the obvious) using using context clues, Sometimes makes simple text features to make simple
context clues, background background knowledge, and inferences using context inferences.
knowledge, and text text features. clues, background
features. knowledge, and text features. Personal connections are
Comprehension
Independently selects and Selects reads texts at a Has some difficulty reading Has a great deal of difficulty
reads texts at a complexity complexity considered at texts at a complexity reading texts at target level.
Level of Text Complexity*
Revises and edits (mostly to add complete the writing process. strategies and writing tools.
Revises and edits (considering details or change words), using
the audience), using writing writing tools or information from the Needs regular monitoring and Unable to independently
tools or information from the writing conference. some support to complete a complete a piece of writing.
writing conference. piece of writing.
in a variety of pieces and text text forms. over time in a variety of pieces writing.
Writing and Representing - 2