Standard(s):
[ELA2021] (0) 2 : 2. Actively engage in teacher-led reading experiences and collaborative discussions with peers to build background knowledge needed to be successful as they learn to read and, later, read to learn.
[ELA2021] (0) 8 : 8. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of printed materials.
a. Recognize and demonstrate that print conveys meaning.
Examples: Share a favorite book with peers. Share a list of birthday gifts received.
b. With prompting and support, explain the roles of the author and illustrator of a text.
c. Track print, moving left to right and top to bottom on the printed page, returning to the beginning of the next line.
d. Identify the beginning and end of a sentence by locating the capital letter and end punctuation.
e. Point to words using one-to-one correspondence, noting that words are separated by spaces.
f. Distinguish letters from words within sentences.
g. Compare and contrast letters based upon similarities and differences, including name, shape, sound, and approach strokes for writing.
[ELA2021] (0) 9 : 9. Demonstrate early phonological awareness to basic phonemic awareness skills in spoken words.
a. Count the number of words in a spoken sentence.
b. Recognize alliterative spoken words.
c. Recognize and produce pairs of rhyming words and distinguish them from non-rhyming pairs using pictures and/or spoken words.
d. Count, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words, including compound words.
e. Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.
f. Identify the initial, final, and medial sounds of spoken words.
g. Blend and segment phonemes in single-syllable spoken words made up of three to four phonemes.
h. Distinguish between commonly confused cognate consonant sounds, using knowledge of voiced and unvoiced sounds and manner of articulation.
Examples: /t/ and /d/, /p/ and /b/, /ch/ and /j/, /s/ and /z/, /f/ and /v/, /k/ and /g/, /sh/ and /zh/, /th/ (voiced and unvoiced)
Note: Standard 9 is important as a foundational phonemic awareness skill for all learners.
[ELA2021] (0) 15 : 15. Orally read and reread grade-appropriate decodable texts smoothly, accurately, and expressively, at an appropriate rate to support comprehension.
[ELA2021] (1) 32 : 32. Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.
a. Identify the required features of a sentence, including capitalization of the first word and end punctuation.
b. Transcribe spoken words to demonstrate that print represents oral language.
c. Compose a simple sentence, including a subject and a predicate, that expresses a complete thought.
d. With prompting and support, identify the role or purpose of a noun, verb, and adjective within a sentence and describe the type of the information it conveys.
e. Write the correct number of words, with proper spacing, for a spoken phrase or sentence.
f. Begin each sentence with a capital letter.
g. Capitalize the pronoun I and names of individuals.
h. Use commas in dates and words in a series.
i. With prompting and support, recognize, name, and correctly use end punctuation, utilizing appropriate academic vocabulary.
Example: period for declarative sentences, question mark for interrogative sentences, exclamation mark for exclamatory sentences