I Can Statement - 2nd Grade

2nd Grade Math

I Can Use Addition and Subtraction to Help Me Understand Math

• I can use strategies to solve addition word problems. 2.OA.1
• I can use strategies to solve subtraction word problems. 2.OA.1
• I know my addition facts. 2.OA.2
• I know my subtraction facts. 2.OA.2
• I can group objects to tell if a number is odd or even. 2.OA.3
• I can use repeated addition to help me understand multiplication. 2.OA.4

I Can Use Number Sense and Place Value to Help Me Understand Math

• I can understand and use hundreds, tens and ones. 2.NBT.1
• I can count to 1,000 using 1’s, 5’s, 10’s and 100’s. 2.NBT.2
• I can read and write numbers to 1,000 in different ways. 2.NBT.3
• I can compare three-digit numbers using <, +, and >. 2.NBT.4
• I can add and subtract numbers with sums and differences to 100. 2.NBT.5
• I can add two or more two-digit numbers. 2.NBT.6
• I can add and subtract two three-digit numbers. 2.NBT.7
• I can add and subtract tens and hundreds in my head. 2.NBT.8
• I can explain why I need to use addition or subtraction strategies to help me solve problems. 2.NBT.9

I Can Use Measurement and Data 5to Help Me Understand Math

• I can use different tools to measure objects. 2.MD.1
• I can compare the length of an object using two different units of measurement. 2.MD.2
• I can estimate the lengths of objects. 2.MD.3
• I can compare the length of two different objects. 2.MD.4
• I can use addition and subtraction to solve measurement problems. 2.MD.5
• I can make and use a number line. 2.MD.6
• I can tell time to five minutes. 2.MD.7
• I can understand a.m. and p.m. 2.MD.7
• I can explain how minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years are related to each other.  IA.1
• I can count money to help me solve word problems. 2.MD.8
• I can use dollar and cents signs correctly. 2.MD.8
• I can make a table to organize data. 2.MD.9
• I can use a table to make a line plot. 2.MD.9

I Can Collect Data. IA.2

• I can make a graph. 2.MD.10

I Can Use Geometry to Help Me Understand Math

• I can name and draw shapes. 2.G.1

(I know triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and cubes.)

• I can find a rectangle. 2.G.2
• I can divide shapes into equal parts. 2.G.3
• I can use fractions to describe the equal parts of a shape. 2.G.3

2nd Grade Reading

I Can Read Fiction

• I can tell who, what, where, when, why and how after reading stories.  RL.2.1
• I can retell a story.  RL.2.2
• I can tell how characters ina story respond to parts in a story.  RL.2.3

I can use comprehension strategies: making connections, importance, questioning, visualizing, making interferences, summarizing and self-monitoring.

I Can Read Nonfiction

• I can tell who, what, where, when, why and how after reading nonfiction.  RI.2.1
• I can find the main idea in a section of nonfiction.  RI.2.2
• I can tell how events in history are connected.  RI.2.3
• I can understand science steps and ideas in nonfiction.  RI.2.3

I can use comprehension strategies: making connections, importance, questioning, visualizing, making interferences, summarizing and self-monitoring.

I Can Understand Fiction

• I can understand how words in a story can sound like music.  RL.2.4
• I can find and understand the beginning, middle and end of a story.  RL.2.5
• I can tell about the points of view of different characters.  RL.2.6

I Can Understand Nonfiction

• I can understand words in nonfiction.  RI.2.4
• I can use text features to help me understand nonfiction.  RI.2.5
• I can understand what the author is trying to teach me.  RI.2.6

I Can Use What I Know to Understand Fiction

• I can use words and pictures to help me tell about the characters, setting and plot.  RL.2.7
• I can compare and contrast ways of telling the same story.  RL.2.9

I Can Use What I Know To Understand Nonfiction

• I can use diagrams and pictures to help me understand nonfiction.  RI.2.7
• I can find reasons to support the main idea of nonfiction.  RI.2.8
• I can compare and contrast the main idea of two nonfiction texts.  RI.2.9

I Can Read and Understand Second Grade Fiction  RL.2.10

I Can Read and Understand Second Grade Nonfiction  RI.2.10

I Can Use Phonics To Help Me Read Words

• I know the difference between long and short vowels.  RF.2.3
• I can read second grade words.  RF.2.3
• I can read prefixes and suffixes.  RF.2.3

I Can Read Fluently

• I can read with expression.  RF.2.4
• I can read accurately.  RF.2.4
• I can reread to understand what words mean.  RF.2.4

2nd Grade Writing

I Can Write Different Types of Writing

• I can write to persuade.  W.2.1
• I can write to teach.  W.2.2
• I can write to tell a story.  W.2.3

I Can Make My Writing Better

• I can revise and edit my writing.  W.2.5
• I can publish my writing.  W.2.6

I Can Use Research to Help My Writing

• I can record what I find when reading.  W.2.7
• I can work with a partner to research.  W.2.7
• I can record science observations.  W.2.7
• I can remember what I have been taught to answer a question.  W.2.8
• I can interview people to answer a question.  W.2.8

2nd Grade Speaking and Listening

I Can Understand and Talk About What I Hear

• I can follow rules for discussions.  SL.2.1
• I can participate in conversations with others.  SL.2.1
• I can ask questions during discussions.  SL.2.1
• I can tell about the key ideas and details after I listen or read.  SL.2.2
• I can ask and answer a question about what a speaker says.  SL.2.3

I Can Share What I Know

• I can tell a story aloud.  SL.2.4
• I can record what I am reading out loud.  SL.2.5
• I can draw to share what I am reading or have done.  SL.2.5
• I can answer questions out loud in complete sentences.  SL.2.6

I can recite familiar stories, poems, nursery rhymes, and lines of a play.

2nd Grade Language

I Can Use Proper English When I Write and Speak

• I can use collective nouns.  L.2.1 (a group of people, a pride of lions)
• I can use plural nouns.  L.2.1
• I can use reflexive pronouns.  L.2.1 (himself, myself, ourselves)
• I can use irregular verbs.  L.2.1 (sat, hid, told)
• I can use adjectives and adverbs correctly.  L.2.1
• I can write complete second grade sentences.  L.2.1
• I can join two sentences together (compound sentences.)  L.2.1
• I can capitalize proper nouns.  L.2.2
• I can use commas in greetings and closings of a letter.  L.2.2
• I can use apostrophes in contractions.  L.2.2
• I can use apostrophes in possessives.  L.2.2
• I can use spelling patterns when writing words.  L.2.2
• I can use a dictionary to check and correct spelling.  L.2.2

I Can Use What I Know About Language in Different Situations

• I can write, speak, read and listen by using what I know.  L.2.3
• I can compare formal and informal uses of English.  L.2.3

I Can Figure Out What Words Mean and Use Them in Different Situations

• I can use context clues to help me understand new words.  L.2.4
• I can use prefixes to help me learn new words.  L.2.4
• I can use root words to help me learn new words.  L.2.4
• I can use small words to help me learn compound words.  L.2.4
• I can use dictionaries and glossaries to help me understand new words.  L.2.4
• I can use my senses to help me describe things.  L.2.5
• I can tell the difference between similar verbs.  L.2.5
• I use adjectives to describe nouns.  L.2.6
• I can use adverbs to describe verbs.  L.2.6