Language Features,
Structures, and Conventions:
Strategies and
Processes:
Content
Story/Text
Big Ideas
*Language and stories can be a source of creativity
and joy.
*Stories help us learn about ourselves, our families,
and our communities.
*Everyone can be a reader and a writer.
*Listening and speaking helps us to explore, share,
and develop our ideas.
*Using language in creative and playful ways helps us
understand how language works.
*Readers use strategies to make sense of what they
read, hear, and view.
Elements of Story
Literary Elements and Devices
Text features
Vocabulary to Talk about Texts
Reading Strategies
Oral Language Strategies
Metacognitive Strategies
Writing Processes
Features of oral language
Word patterns, word families
Concepts of print
Letter-sound correspondence
(phonemic and phonological
awareness)
Letter formation
Sentence structure and grammar
Conventions
Communicate in print, using letters and words and
basic conventions of English spelling, grammar, and
punctuation
Plan and create a variety of communication forms for
different purposes and audiences
Comprehend & Connect
Create stories and other age-appropriate texts to
deepen awareness of self, family, and community
Exchange ideas and perspectives to build shared
understanding
Show awareness of how story in First Peoples
cultures connects people to family and community
Recognize how different text structures reflect
different purposes.
Recognize the structure and elements of story
Recognize the importance of story in personal, family,
and community identity
Use personal experience and knowledge to connect
to text and make meaning
Use age-appropriate reading, listening, and viewing
behaviours and strategies to make meaning
from texts
Engage actively as listeners, viewers, and readers,
as appropriate, to develop understanding of self,
identity, and community
Begin to use sources of information and prior
knowledge to make meaning
Use play and other creative means to
discover foundational concepts of print, oral, and
visual texts
Grade 2
Language Arts
Curricular Competencies
Create & Communicate