Grades 2-3

Other Maryland WIDA English Language Development Standards sets

• Kindergarten
• Grade 1
• Grades 4-5
• Grades 6-8
• Grades 9-12

Identifying a central message from key detailsELD-LA.2-3.Narrate.Interpretive

Identifying how character attributes and actions contribute to event sequencesELD-LA.2-3.Narrate.Interpretive

Determining the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in texts, distinguishing literal from nonliteral languageELD-LA.2-3.Narrate.Interpretive

Orient audience to contextELD-LA.2-3.Narrate.Expressive

Develop story with time and event sequences, complication, resolution or endingELD-LA.2-3.Narrate.Expressive

Engage and adjust for audienceELD-LA.2-3.Narrate.Expressive

Identifying the main idea and key detailsELD-LA.2-3.Inform.Interpretive

Referring explicitly to descriptions for themes and relationships among meaningsELD-LA.2-3.Inform.Interpretive

Describing relationship between a series of events, ideas or concepts, or procedural stepsELD-LA.2-3.Inform.Interpretive

Introduce and define topic and/or entity for audienceELD-LA.2-3.Inform.Expressive

Add details to define, describe, compare, and classify topic and/or entityELD-LA.2-3.Inform.Expressive

Develop coherence and cohesion throughout textELD-LA.2-3.Inform.Expressive

Identifying concept or entityELD-MA.2-3.Explain.Interpretive

Analyzing plan for problem-solving stepsELD-MA.2-3.Explain.Interpretive

Evaluating simple pattern or structureELD-MA.2-3.Explain.Interpretive

Introduce concept or entityELD-MA.2-3.Explain.Expressive

Describe solution and steps used to solve problem with othersELD-MA.2-3.Explain.Expressive

State reasoning used to generate solutionELD-MA.2-3.Explain.Expressive

Identifying conjectures about what might be trueELD-MA.2-3.Argue.Interpretive

Distinguishing connections among ideas in justificationsELD-MA.2-3.Argue.Interpretive

Extracting mathematical operations and facts from solution strategies to create generalizationsELD-MA.2-3.Argue.Interpretive

Create conjecture using definitionsELD-MA.2-3.Argue.Expressive

Generalize commonalities across casesELD-MA.2-3.Argue.Expressive

Justify conclusion steps and strategies in simple patternsELD-MA.2-3.Argue.Expressive

Identify and respond to others’ argumentsELD-MA.2-3.Argue.Expressive

Defining investigable questions or simple design problems based on observations, data, and prior knowledge about a phenomenonELD-SC.2-3.Explain.Interpretive

Obtaining and combining information from observations, and using evidence to help explain how or why a phenomenon occursELD-SC.2-3.Explain.Interpretive

Identifying information from observations as well as evidence that supports particular points in explanationsELD-SC.2-3.Explain.Interpretive

Describe observations and/or data about a phenomenonELD-SC.2-3.Explain.Expressive

Develop a logical sequence between data or evidence and claimELD-SC.2-3.Explain.Expressive

Compare multiple solutions to a problem considering how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the design solutionELD-SC.2-3.Explain.Expressive

Identifying potential evidence from data, models, and/or information from investigations of phenomena or design solutionsELD-SC.2-3.Argue.Interpretive

Analyzing whether evidence is relevant or notELD-SC.2-3.Argue.Interpretive

Distinguishing between evidence and opinionsELD-SC.2-3.Argue.Interpretive

Introduce topic/phenomenon for an issue related to the natural and designed world(s)ELD-SC.2-3.Argue.Expressive

Make a claim supported by relevant evidenceELD-SC.2-3.Argue.Expressive

Establish a neutral toneELD-SC.2-3.Argue.Expressive

Signal logical relationships among reasoning, evidence, data, and/or a model when making a claimELD-SC.2-3.Argue.Expressive

Determining types of sources for answering compelling and supporting questions about phenomena or eventsELD-SS.2-3.Explain.Interpretive

Analyzing sources for event sequences and/or causes/effectsELD-SS.2-3.Explain.Interpretive

Evaluating disciplinary concepts and ideas associated with a compelling or supporting questionELD-SS.2-3.Explain.Interpretive

Introduce phenomena or eventsELD-SS.2-3.Explain.Expressive

Describe components, order, causes, or cyclesELD-SS.2-3.Explain.Expressive

Generalize possible reasons for a development or eventELD-SS.2-3.Explain.Expressive

Identifying topic and purpose (argue in favor or against a position, present a balanced interpretation, challenge perspective)ELD-SS.2-3.Argue.Interpretive

Analyzing relevant information from one or two sources to develop claims in response to compelling questionsELD-SS.2-3.Argue.Interpretive

Evaluating source credibility based on distinctions between fact and opinionELD-SS.2-3.Argue.Interpretive

Introduce topicELD-SS.2-3.Argue.Expressive

Select relevant information to support claims with evidence from one or more sourcesELD-SS.2-3.Argue.Expressive

Show relationships between claim, evidence, and reasoningELD-SS.2-3.Argue.Expressive