DLI 2nd Grade Guide

DLI Literacy Block 2nd Grade 85-100 minute Block 2025-26

Class Configuration

Literacy Component

Range of Time

Standards and Components for Focus of Instruction ​

Standards

Components

95% Phonics Core Program ●​ Phonological Awareness ●​ Phonics ●​ Spelling ●​ Decodable Passages

30 minutes

Foundations

•​ Reading 2.R. 2-4

Wonders ●​ Shared Read ●​ Anchor Text ●​ Paired Read ●​ Vocabulary

●​ Speaking and Listening 2.SL. 1-3 ●​ Reading 2.R. 4-14

Whole Group Cooperative

Groups & Partners

Language, Reading & Writing

Wonders ●​ Reading and Writing Companion ●​ Extended Writing ●​ Grammar Lesson Bank ●​ Handwriting

40 minutes

●​ Writing Standards 2.W. 1-5

Wonders Leveled Readers 95% Phonics Lesson Library 95% Phonological Awareness Kit Early Literacy Software

●​ Scaffolding and skill building with

Skill Based Instruction

Small Groups

30 minutes**

frontloading or reviewing

*Handwriting embedded across writing and foundational skills ** School sites have discretion to adjust the minutes in small groups.