2nd Grade CCSS: Reading: Foundational Skills

For second graders, this Common Core area helps students gain mastery of the concepts of print, the alphabet, and the basic conventions of the written English language. Among the complete standards for this grade, second graders will be asked to: use grade-level phonics and word analysis in decoding words, recognize long and short vowels, decode words with common prefixes and suffixes, read and recognize irregularly spelled words, read grade level texts, use context within reading to correct word recognition.