WORD ANALYSIS, FLUENCY, AND SYSTEMATIC VOCABULARY DEVLOPMENT 

 
Concepts about print.

 
Skills:

 
1.1 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.

 
1.2 Follow words from left-to-right and top-to-bottom on the
printed page.

 
1.3 Explain that printed materials provide information.

 
1.4 Recognize that sentences in print are made up of separate words.

 
1.5 Distinguish letters from words.

 
1.6 Recognize and name all upper- and lower-case letters.

 
Phonemic Awareness.

 
Skills:

 
1.7 Track and represent the number, sameness/difference, and 
order of two and their isolated phonemes.

 
1.8 Track and represent changes in simple syllables and words
with two and three sounds as one sound is added, substituted, 
omitted, shifted, or repeated.

 
1.9 Blend vowel-consonant sounds orally to make words or 
syllables.

 
1.10 Identify and produce rhyming words in response to an 
oral prompt.

 
1.11 Distinguish orally stated one-syllable words and separate
into beginning or ending sounds.

 
1.12 Track auditorily each word in a sentence and each syllable
in a word.

 
1.13 Count the number of sounds in syllables and syllables
in words.

 
Decoding and Word Recognition

 
Skills:

 
1.14 Match all consonant and short-vowel sounds to appropriate
letters.

 
1.15 Read simple one-syllable and high frequency words.

 
1.16 Understand that as letters of words change, so do the
sounds.

 
Vocabulary and Concept Development.

 
Skills:

 
1.17 Identify and sort common words from within basic 
categories.

 
1.18 Describe common objects and events in both general 
and specific language.

READING COMPREHENSION.

 
Structural Features of Informational Materials.

 
Skills:

 
2.1 Locate title, table of contents, name of author, and
illustrator.

 
Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text.

 
Skills:

 
2.2 Use pictures and context to make predictions about story
content.

 
2.3 Connect to life experiences the information and events 
in texts.

 
2.4 Retell familiar stories.

 
2.5 Ask and answer questions about essential elements of
text.

LITERARY RESPONSE AND ANALYSIS.

 
Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level Appropriate Text.

 
Skills:

 
3.1 Distinguish fantasy from realistic text.

 
3.2 Identify different text genres, including everyday print
materials.

 
3.3 Identify characters, settings and key events.

WRITING STRATEGIES.

 
Organization and Focus.

 
Skills:

 
1.1 Use letters and phonetically-spelled words to write about
experiences, stories, people, objects, or events.

 
1.2 Write consonant-vowel-consonant words.

 
1.3 Write by moving from left-to-right and top-to-bottom.

 
Penmanship.

 
Skills:

 
1.4 Write upper- and lower-case letters.

WRITTEN AND ORAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS.

 
Sentence Structure.

 
Skills:

 
1.1 Recognize and use complete and coherent sentences 
when speaking.

 
Spelling.

 
Skills:

 
1.2 Spell independently using pre- to early- phonetic knowledge, 
sounds of the alphabet, and knowledge of letter names.

LISTENING AND SPEAKING STRATEGIES

 
Comprehension

 
Skills:

 
1.1 Understand and follow one- and two- step oral directions.

 
1.2 Share information and ideas, speaking audibly in coherent, 
complete sentences.