English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 2
Strand - Writing
Cluster - Text Types and Purposes
[W.2.2] - Write informative/explanatory texts that introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
- Evidence
Empirical data or other sources of support (e.g., mathematical proofs) for a claim; may be selected, presented, and evaluated differently by different audiences and in different subject areas according to the norms of disciplinary literacy. See Text Types and Purposes for Argument. - Explanation
Is designed to make a subject, concept, or process clear and understandable to the intended audience using one or more of the following methods: identification, definition, classification, illustration, comparison, and/or analysis - Grade 2 Annotated Group Research Project
- Grade 2 Annotated Group Research Project
- Grade 2 Unmarked Group Research Project
- Grade 2 Unmarked Group Research Project
[W.2.4] -
Produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in Standards 1-3 above.)
[2.PS.1.3] -
Analyze a variety of evidence to conclude that when a chunk of material is cut or broken into pieces, each piece is still the same material and, however small each piece is, has weight. Show that the material properties of a small set of pieces do not change when the pieces are used to build larger objects. Clarification Statements: Materials should be pure substances or microscopic mixtures that appear contiguous at observable scales; Examples of pieces could include blocks, building bricks, and other assorted small objects.
[2.PS.1.4] -
Construct an argument with evidence that some changes to materials caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
Clarification Statements: Examples of reversible changes could include materials such as water and butter at different temperatures; Examples of irreversible changes could include cooking an egg, freezing a plant leaf, and burning paper.
[2.PS.3.1] -
Design and conduct an experiment to show the effects of friction on the relative temperature and speed of objects that rub against each other.
Clarification Statements: Examples could include an object sliding on rough vs. smooth surfaces; Observations of temperature and speed should be qualitative.
[2.ETS.1.3] -
Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same design problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each object performs.* Clarification Statements: Data can include observations and be either qualitative or quantitative; Examples can include how different objects insulate cold water or how different types of grocery bags perform.