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2nd Grade - CA ELD Standard
Part II: Learning About How English Works
Expanding & Enriching Ideas
Using nouns and noun phrases

Using nouns and noun phrases to expand ideas and provide more detail.

| W.2.5 | SL.2.6 | L.2.1 | L.2.3 | L.2.6 |
EMERGING
1

Expand noun phrases in simple ways (e.g., adding a familiar adjective to describe a noun) in order to enrich the meaning of sentences and to add details about ideas, people, things, and the like, in shared language activities guided by the teacher and sometimes independently.

EXPANDING
2

Expand noun phrases in a growing number of ways (e.g., adding a newly learned adjective to a noun) in order to enrich the meaning of sentences and to add details about ideas, people, things, and the like, with increasing independence.

BRIDGING
3

Expand noun phrases in a variety of ways (e.g., adding comparative/superlative adjectives to nouns) in order to enrich the meaning of phrases/sentences and to add details about ideas, people, things, and the like, independently.