The control dictation for the 1st half of 2nd grade is a standard assessment designed to check literacy and the application of rules learned since the beginning of the school year. Key Assessment Areas
: Identifying and checking unstressed vowels in the root of a word. The control dictation for the 1st half of
The dictation typically tests the following spelling rules and language skills: dividing words into syllables for hyphenation
: Often includes underlining the main parts of a sentence (subject and predicate), dividing words into syllables for hyphenation, or finding related (cognate) words. General Standards The control dictation for the 1st half of