For your information, here are the third trimester benchmarks for second graders. These align to the common core state standards and are taken into consideration for determining student progress in the spring trimester. 3rd Trimester Second Grade Benchmarks LANGUAGE ARTS Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text and the main purpose of a text. Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text. Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text. Explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text. Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text. Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic. Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams. Decode regularly spelled two-syllable