ELAR K.2
Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell. The student is expected to:
- (1) demonstrate phonological awareness by:
- (A) identifying and producing rhyming words;
- (i) recognizing spoken alliteration or groups of words that begin with the same spoken onset or initial sound;
- (ii) identifying the individual words in a spoken sentence;
- (iii) identifying syllables in spoken words;
- (iv) manipulating syllables within a multisyllabic word; and
- (v) blending syllables to form multisyllabic words;
- (vi) segmenting multisyllabic words into syllables;
- (vii) blending spoken onsets and rimes to form simple words;
- (viii) blending spoken phonemes to form one-syllable words;
- (ix) segmenting spoken one-syllable words into individual phonemes;
- (x) demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:
- (B) identifying and matching the common sounds that letters
represent;
- (i) using letter-sound relationships to decode, including VC, CVC, CCVC, and CVCC words;
- (ii) recognizing that new words are created when letters are changed, added, or deleted such as it - pit - tip - tap; and
- (iii) identifying and reading at least 25 high-frequency words from a research-based list;
- (iv) demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:
- (C) spelling words with VC, CVC, and CCVC;
- (i) spelling words using sound-spelling patterns; and
- (ii) spelling high-frequency words from a research-based list;
- (iii) demonstrate print awareness by:
- (D) identifying the front cover, back cover, and title page
of a book;
- (i) holding a book right side up, turning pages correctly, and knowing that reading moves from top to bottom and left to right with return sweep;
- (ii) recognizing that sentences are comprised of words separated by spaces and recognizing word boundaries;
- (iii) recognizing the difference between a letter and a printed word; and
- (iv) identifying all uppercase and lowercase letters; and
- (v) develop handwriting by accurately forming all uppercase and lowercase letters using appropriate directionality.
- (A) identifying and producing rhyming words;
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Four in a Row Game - Syllables
Segment words into syllables as you count them with this set of 24 picture cards and syllable-count gameboard.
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Phoneme Deletion Match-Up Activity
Explore phoneme deletion with initial and final phonemes with your students, and make new words using this 32 card game.
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Initial Sound Sorting Activity (s, a, t, p, i, and n)
A sorting activity to practice initial sounds regarding the letters s, a, t, p, i, and n.
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Primary Weekly Poetry Guide - Weeks 4 and 5
Use this weekly poetry guide to celebrate National Poetry Month in your primary classroom.
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Tic-Tac-Toe Game: Short U CVC Words
Practice reading short /u/ CVC words with this set of 6 tic-tac-toe games.
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Tic-Tac-Toe Game: Short I CVC Words
Practice reading short /i/ CVC words with this set of 6 tic-tac-toe games.
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Tic-Tac-Toe Game: Short O CVC Words
Practice reading short /o/ CVC words with this set of 6 tic-tac-toe games.
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Tic-Tac-Toe Game: Short A CVC Words
Practice reading short /a/ CVC words with this set of 6 tic-tac-toe games.
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Phoneme Addition Match-Up Activity
Create new words by adding initial phonemes through 32 match-up cards.
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Tic-Tac-Toe Game: Short E CVC Words
Practice reading short /e/ CVC words with this set of 6 tic-tac-toe games.
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Word Family Sorting Activity - Set 1
A sorting activity to practice word families.
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CVC Word Building Activity
Practice building CVC words with this 25 slide interactive activity.
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Onset and Rime Dominoes
Form words by blending onsets and their rimes with this set of 28 dominoes.
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Letter Match-Up Cards
A set of uppercase and lowercase letter cards.
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Classroom Spinner Template - CVC Words
A classroom spinner template focusing on CVC words.
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CVC Word Dominoes
Practice decoding and spelling CVC words with this set of 30 dominoes.
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CVCC Word Dominoes
Practice decoding and spelling CVCC words with this set of 28 dominoes.
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Lowercase Letter Formation Task Cards
A set of task cards for younger students to learn how to accurately form all lowercase letters.
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Uppercase Letter Formation Task Cards
A set of task cards for younger students to learn how to accurately form all uppercase letters.
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CCVC Word Dominoes
Practice decoding and spelling CCVC words with this set of 28 dominoes.
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FIND IT! Rhyming Words Game
Practice recognizing rhyming with pictures and words using this set of 20 cards.
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BUILD IT! CVC, CCVC, and CVCC Words
Encourage your students to practice decoding and spelling CVC, CCVC, and CVCC words with this set of 15 task cards.
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Onset and Rime Match-Up or Interactive Clip Card Activity
Practice forming words by blending onsets and rimes with this set of 15 rime cards that match their picture/onset card.
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FIND IT! Letter Sounds Board Game
Develop letter-sound relationships using this engaging multiplayer board game with 26 alphabet cards that players match to recognizable pictures.
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Ladybug Beats Poem - Simple Rhyming Poetry Poster
A simple rhyming poem to develop vocabulary, reading, speaking, and listening in the early years.
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Tale of a Whale - Simple Rhyming Poetry Poster
A simple rhyming poem that is perfect to explore phonics and rhyming words in the early years.
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Syllable Count Sorting Activity
Practice segmenting and counting syllables in words with this set of 24 picture sorting cards.
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Alphabet Letter Match
A fun match-up activity to consolidate your students' knowledge of uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Primary Weekly Poetry Guide - Week 3
Use this weekly poetry guide to celebrate National Poetry Month in your primary classroom.
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Vowel Sounds Sort - /i/, /o/, and /u/
Practice distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds for letters /i/, /o/ and /u/ by sorting this set of 24 picture cards into categories.
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Vowel Sounds Sort - /a/ and /e/
Practice distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds for letters /a/ and /e/ by sorting this set of 24 picture cards into categories.
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Beginning Sounds Sorting Activity
Practice identifying beginning sounds of words by sorting this set of 24 picture cards.