ELA21.2.29

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

Students know:

Words, sentences, and paragraphs can be joined together with certain words, phrases, or references.

Students are able to:
With prompting and support,

Identify cohesive devices that link together words and sentences within a text, such as pronoun references, word substitution using synonyms, and conjunctions.
Interpret cohesive devices to comprehend text at the sentence and paragraph level.

Students understand that:

Cohesive devices, like pronoun references, word substitution, and conjunctions, can link words and sentences together within the larger body of text.
To fully comprehend a text, they must understand the meaning of the cohesive devices.

Examples: pronoun references, word substitution using synonyms, conjunctions