ELAR 3.2

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 and apply phonetic knowledge by:
  • (A) decoding multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns such as eigh, ough, and en;
    • (i) decoding multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;
    • (ii) decoding compound words, contractions, and abbreviations;
    • (iii) decoding words using knowledge of syllable division patterns such as VCCV, VCV, and VCCCV with accent shifts;
    • (iv) decoding words using knowledge of prefixes;
    • (v) decoding words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants; and
    • (vi) identifying and reading high-frequency words from a research-based list;
    • (vii) demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:
  • (B) spelling multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;
    • (i) spelling homophones;
    • (ii) spelling compound words, contractions, and abbreviations;
    • (iii) spelling multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns;
    • (iv) spelling words using knowledge of syllable division patterns such as VCCV, VCV, and VCCCV;
    • (v) spelling words using knowledge of prefixes; and
    • (vi) spelling words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants;
    • (vii) alphabetize a series of words to the third letter; and
  • (C) write complete words, thoughts, and answers legibly in cursive leaving appropriate spaces between words.