PK–12 Essential Standards and Benchmarks

Kahua Standards and Benchmarks

PK-12 essential standards and benchmarks for Hawaiian-focused education.

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Grade 2 - ʻŌlelo / LA

In addition to HFCS ‘Āina-based Learning Competencies (click to view), the PK-12 ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Language Arts (ʻŌH/LA) kahua is grounded in the belief that the purpose of reading and writing is constructing meaning. Reading allows the reader to construct meaning based on the writing by an author and writing allows the writer to construct meaning to convey to a reader. The ʻŌH/LA strands were derived from this understanding and include:

  • OLA.2.1E aʻo ʻia nā moʻokūʻauhau e pili mai ana iaʻu, e laʻa me koʻu ʻohana, koʻu ʻāina, koʻu kula) Learn about my various moʻokūʻauhau (i.e. my ʻohana, my school, my home/school ʻāina).
  • OLA.2.2E kuhi ana a e wānana ana ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma ke kilo ʻana. Use ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi words to kilo, identify, name, and read environmental indicators (i.e. senses, intuition, prior knowledge) in order to make inferences and predictions.
  • OLA.2.3Me ka loina kūpono e komo ai i nā moʻokiʻina o ke kula. Demonstrate loina when participating in cultural protocol (i.e. schoolwide piko, oli mahalo, puka kula, kamaʻāina/malihini).
  • OLA.2.4E hele a kamaʻāina i ka ʻāina ma ka hana ʻana a me ke kilo ʻana i kekahi mau manawa ʻokoʻa o ka lā a me ka makahiki. Frequently interact with my ʻāina at various times of day and year to develop a relationship with ʻāina.
  • OLA.2.5E aʻo no nā meʻe Hawaiʻi a kūlia i ko lākou ʻano kūpono (aliʻi, ʻōpūaliʻi/lokomaikaʻi, kiaʻi) Celebrate the accomplishments of historical and contemporary Hawaiian community leaders and emulate their actions (i.e. aliʻi, ʻōpūaliʻi/kapu aloha, kiaʻi).

  • OLA.2.6Paka ka haumāna i kāna lawena a me kāna hana me ka nānā ʻana hoʻi i nā analoi no ka hoʻokāʻoi ʻana aʻe. Reflect on the quality of own work and behavior, and set goals based on rubrics and grade level expectations in order to produce high quality products and performances.
  • OLA.2.7Makemake ka haumāna e kākau no nā kumu like ʻole ma ke kula a me ka hale. Choose to write for relevant, functional, and creative purposes at school and at home (invitations, texts, schedules).
  • OLA.2.8No ka nanea e heluhelu ai ka haumāna i nā ʻano mea like ʻole. Read books, other texts, and materials of own choice for enjoyment.
  • OLA.2.9Puni ka haumāna i kekahi mau puke kikoʻī, kekahi ʻano puke, kekahi mau mea kākau, a me kekahi ʻano pāpaho paha. Knows own preferences of books, authors, and genres, types of writing, and technology media.
  • OLA.2.10Haʻi hou ka haumāna i ka manaʻo nui o ke mele/oli.
  • OLA.2.11Kūpono ka leo ma ka haʻi moʻolelo ʻana; kūpono ke kiʻina leo ma ka nīnau ʻana.

  • OLA.2.12Hoʻopuka ka haumāna i ka ʻōlelo noʻeau ma ka pōʻaiapili kūpono.
  • OLA.2.13Hoʻokumu a pane hoʻi ka haumāna i ke kūkaʻi manaʻo me nā kumu a me nā hoa papa e pili ana i kekahi kumuhana. Initiate and respond appropriately in instructional discourse with teacher and students.
  • OLA.2.14Hoʻopuka ʻia nā huaʻōlelo kūpono (manaʻo nui, puaʻi manaʻo, kāmua, hoʻololi, hoʻoponopono) ma ka walaʻau ʻana no ka heluhelu/kākau ʻana. Use appropriate terminology (eg., main idea, brainstorm, draft, revise, edit) when discussing literacy.
  • OLA.2.15Hoʻohana ka haumāna i kekahi hua ʻōlelo / ʻōlelo kūpono i pani no kekahi hua ʻōlelo / ʻōlelo e like ka manaʻo.
  • OLA.2.16Haʻaheo ka haumāna ma ka haʻiʻōlelo uluwale ʻana i mua o ke anaina.

  • I.Ka Heluhelu
    • OLA.2.17Heluhelu ka haumāna i kekahi mau ʻano mele, poema, moʻolelo, apa, ma nā mākau like ʻole. Read a variety of mele/poetry, narrative, and informational texts across curriculum areas.
      • a.Hōʻuluʻulu pōkole ka haumāna.
      • b.Wehewehe ka haumāna i ka manaʻo nui a kākoʻo ʻia me kekahi laʻana.
      • c.Hoʻohālikelike ka haumāna i kekahi mau moʻolelo. Compare and contrast texts
    • OLA.2.18Me kona ʻike i ka like a me ka ʻokoʻa o ka moʻolelo i kona ola e kākoʻo ai ka haumāna i kona mau kuhi a wānana hoʻi. Make connections between text ideas and own life experiences to support and justify inferences, predictions, and connections in different genres.
      • a.ʻImi noiʻi ka haumāna ma nā mea āna i heluhelu ai.
    • OLA.2.19Nīnau/pane ka haumāna i nā nīnau ʻapo manaʻo: ʻo wai, he aha, ināhea/āhea, ma hea, no ke aha. Ask and answer questions such as who, what, when, where, and why.
    • OLA.2.20Kuhi ka haumāna i nā māhele o ka moʻolelo (ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ka waena a me ka hopena, ka hihia a me ka haʻina) a me kona ʻano (he hakupuni, he hakuleʻi, he mele, a he poema paha). Identify and describe text structures (beginning, middle and ending; problem and solution) and genre (fiction, non-fiction, poetry)
  • II.Ke Kākau
    • OLA.2.21Kākau i ka manaʻo / ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi
      • a.Paukū pōkole (hoʻolauna)
      • b.Hopunaʻōlelo piha
      • c.ʻIke ʻia ka pilina o kekahi māmalaʻōlelo me kekahi māmalaʻōlelo.
      • d.Hoʻokaʻina kūpono i ka hopunaʻōlelo
      • e.Ma ka hahai ʻia ka pōʻaiapuni kākau, e hoʻoponopono ka haumāna i kekahi hopunaʻōlelo hemahema i kahe maikaʻi ai ka manaʻo.
    • OLA.2.22Kākau ka haumāna no nā kumu like ʻole (he moʻolelo, he leka, he poema, he manaʻo, apa).
    • OLA.2.23Kākau ka haumāna i nā nīnau e pane ʻia ai ma ka noiʻi ʻana i ke kumuhana nohie. Hoʻokaʻina ka haumāna i kāna mau hana.
    • OLA.2.24Ma ke kuhi ʻana i ka ʻōlelo a haʻi, e hoʻohana ʻia ke kaha puanaʻī. Use quotation marks when needed.
  • III.Ka ʻŌlelo & Ka Huaʻōlelo
    • OLA.2.25Hoʻonui ʻia ka ʻike huaʻōlelo ma ke komo ʻana i nā haʻawina kākoʻo ma ka papa (e laʻa me nā kiʻikuhi huaʻōlelo a me nā pelaha huaʻōlelo paha. Engage in word study activities (E.g. word wall, word family) to acquire new vocabulary and to enhance specificity of writing.
    • OLA.2.26ʻIke ka haumāna i kekahi meiwi (e laʻa me ka moʻokūʻauhau, ka helu, ka pīnaʻi, apa) ma ka moʻolelo a mele paha. Recognizes literary devices in a story or song.

  • OLA.2.27Wehewehe ka haumāna i kona manaʻo e pili ana i kekahi kumu upu manaʻo a hoʻohana ʻia nā hua ʻōlelo kūpono no ia kumuhana.
  • OLA.2.28Pela pololei ʻia nā huaʻōlelo ma kona ʻano i ʻae ʻia ma ke kula.
  • OLA.2.29Hoʻohana ʻia ka ʻike i ka hakalama a me nā kākoʻo kūpono ʻē aʻe no ka heluhelu a kākau ʻana i nā huaʻōlelo hou. Decode and encode unfamiliar words using phonetic analysis and other appropriate strategies.