Spanish Language Arts.2.12.A

listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and answer questions using multi-word responses;

follow, restate, and give oral instructions that involve a short, related sequence of actions;

share information and ideas that focus on the topic under discussion, speaking clearly at an appropriate pace and using the conventions of language;

spelling multisyllabic words;

spelling words with diphthongs and hiatus;

spelling common abbreviations;

spelling words with prefixes and suffixes; and

spelling words with silent h and words that use the syllables que-, qui-, gue-, gui-, güe-, and güi-;

use affixes, including re-, pre-, -ción, and ísimo/ísima, to determine the meaning of words and subsequently use the newly acquired words;

identify, use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, synonyms, idioms, and homographs in context; and

describe personal connections to a variety of sources;

write brief comments on literary or informational texts that demonstrate an understanding of the text;

use text evidence to support an appropriate response;

retell and paraphrase texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order;

interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing; and

respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.

demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, and fairy tales;

explain visual patterns and structures in a variety of poems;

discuss elements of drama such as characters, dialogue, and setting;

the central idea and supporting evidence with adult assistance;

features and graphics to locate and gain information; and

organizational patterns such as chronological order and cause and effect stated explicitly;

stating what the author is trying to persuade the reader to think or do; and

distinguishing facts from opinion; and

recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.

discuss the author's purpose for writing text;

discuss how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;

discuss the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;

discuss the use of descriptive, literal, and figurative language;

identify the use of first or third person in a text; and

identify and explain the use of repetition.

plan a first draft by generating ideas for writing such as drawing and brainstorming;

organizing with structure; and

developing an idea with specific and relevant details;

revise drafts by adding, deleting, or rearranging words, phrases, or sentences;

complete sentences with subject-verb agreement;

past, present, and future verb tense, including the difference between ser and estar;

singular, plural, common, and proper nouns, including gender-specific articles;

adjectives, including articles;

adverbs that convey time and adverbs that convey place;

prepositions and prepositional phrases;

pronouns, including personal, possessive, and objective, and the difference in the use of formal pronoun usted and informal pronoun tú;

coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects and predicates;

capitalization of proper nouns and the salutation and closing of a letter;

punctuation marks at the end of declarative sentences and the beginning and end of exclamatory and interrogative sentences; and

correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules; and

publish and share writing.

compose informational texts, including procedural texts and reports; and

compose correspondence such as thank you notes or letters.

generate questions for formal and informal inquiry with adult assistance;

develop and follow a research plan with adult assistance;

identify and gather relevant sources and information to answer the questions;

identify primary and secondary sources;

demonstrate understanding of information gathered;

cite sources appropriately; and

use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results.