Kentucky Reading and Writing C.2.6

ELA2nd GradeComposition

The Standard

Collect information from real-world experiences or provided sources to answer or generate questions.

Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Research to Build and Present Knowledge

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students ask a question about something they observe or read. They collect useful facts from an experience or a provided source, then use those facts to answer the question or ask a new one.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student asking when a seed sprouted finds “day four” on the class plant chart. They use that fact to answer, then ask whether a different seed would sprout sooner.
Common Misconceptions: Students may copy every detail instead of choosing facts that answer their question. They may treat a guess from a picture as a fact or ask a new question their notes already answer.
How to Assess It: Give students this note: “Robins eat worms and insects. They build nests with grass.” Ask them to answer “What do robins eat?” and write one new question about robins.

Lesson moves

Let pairs inspect a classroom plant with magnifiers and sketch two details that answer, “What parts does this plant have?”
Read a page from a bee book, then have students write one fact about bee food and one question they still have.
Play fact match with cards about frogs eating insects, laying eggs in water, and jumping; students choose the card that answers where frogs lay eggs.
Check tomorrow’s school lunch menu and write down the main dish to answer, “What is for lunch tomorrow?”

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