South Dakota ELA 2.RI.1

ELA2nd GradeReading Informational Text

The Standard

Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in a text.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students read a short nonfiction text and ask questions about a person, place, time, action, reason, or process. They use details on the page to answer their questions and a classmate’s questions.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can write a question about a passage and answer it correctly. They can point to the words that support their answer instead of guessing.
Common Misconceptions: Students may answer from what they already know instead of checking the text. They may mix up where and when questions or ask something the text does not explain.
How to Assess It: Write on the board: “Bees collect nectar from flowers and carry it to their hive to make honey.” Have students write one where or why question, answer it, and underline the words that support their answer.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a short article about frogs and question cards; have them highlight the answer to each card in the article.
After reading a page about seed growth, ask, “Why do seeds need water?” Have partners point to a sentence before sharing an answer.
Play Question Hunt with a paragraph about rain; have teams draw question-word cards and find answers in the paragraph.
Read a school event flyer, then have students write a where or when question and circle the detail that answers it.

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