ELAR 1.2
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) producing a series of rhyming words;
- (i) recognizing spoken alliteration or groups of words that begin with the same spoken onset or initial sound;
- (ii) distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds in one-syllable words;
- (iii) recognizing the change in spoken word when a specified phoneme is added, changed, or removed;
- (iv) blending spoken phonemes to form one-syllable words, including initial and/or final consonant blends;
- (v) manipulating phonemes within base words; and
- (vi) segmenting spoken one-syllable words of three to five phonemes into individual phonemes, including words with initial and/or final consonant blends;
- (vii) demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:
- (B) decoding words in isolation and in context by applying
common letter sound correspondences;
- (i) decoding words with initial and final consonant blends, digraphs, and trigraphs;
- (ii) decoding words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including vowel digraphs and diphthongs; and r-controlled syllables;
- (iii) using knowledge of base words to decode common compound words and contractions;
- (iv) decoding words with inflectional endings, including -ed, -s, and -es; and
- (v) identifying and reading at least 100 high-frequency words from a research-based list;
- (vi) demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:
- (C) spelling words with closed syllables, open syllables,
VCe syllables, vowel teams, and r-controlled syllables;
- (i) spelling words with initial and final consonant blends, digraphs, and trigraphs;
- (ii) spelling words using sound-spelling patterns; and
- (iii) spelling high-frequency words from a research-based list;
- (iv) demonstrate print awareness by identifying the information that different parts of a book provide;
- (D) alphabetize a series of words to the first or second letter and use a dictionary to find words; and
- (E) develop handwriting by printing words, sentences, and answers legibly leaving appropriate spaces between words.
- (A) producing a series of rhyming words;
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SPLAT! Phoneme Segmentation Game
Practice segmenting one-syllable words into their phonemes with this printable game.
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Blending Phonemes - Word Puzzles
Practice blending sounds to encode and decode words with these hands-on word puzzles.
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CVCC and CCVC Word Chain Ladders - Worksheets
Build word chains with CVCC and CCVC words using this set of printable phonics worksheets.
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Directed Word Chains - Worksheets
Manipulate the individual phonemes in words to create new ones with this set of four word chaining worksheets.
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Spaceship Word Chains - Worksheets
Manipulate the individual phonemes in 3- and 4-letter words to create new ones with this set of word chain worksheets.
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Alphabet Anchor Charts
Display these lowercase and uppercase letter posters with images that begin with each letter.
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CVC Words Worksheets - Short U Phoneme Manipulation
Manipulate the individual phonemes in “short u” CVC words to create new words with this set of differentiated worksheets.
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CVC Worksheets - Short I Phoneme Manipulation
Manipulate the individual phonemes in “short i” CVC words with this set of differentiated CVC worksheets for kindergarten.
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CVC Phoneme Manipulation Worksheets - Short O
Manipulate the individual phonemes in “short o” CVC words to create new words with this set of differentiated worksheets.
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Rhyming Word Cards
Reinforce students' knowledge of rhyming words with this set of 30 picture cards.
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Identifying Syllable Types - Worksheets
Practice breaking words into syllables and identifying the corresponding syllable types with this set of six worksheets.
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Word Study List — Final Stable Syllable
Introduce and explore multisyllable words with a list of final stable syllable words.
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Combining Words - Compound Word Worksheets for Kids
Combine word parts to build compound nouns with a printable compound word worksheet.
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Word Study List - Long E Words
Explore and practice the many ways to spell the long E sound with a list of 50 long E words.
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Word Study List - CCVC Words
Introduce and explore words containing the consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant pattern with this printable list of CCVC words.
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Printable Word List - CVCE Words
Introduce and explore words containing the “magic e” with this extensive list of CVCE words.
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CVC Word List
Introduce and explore consonant-vowel-consonant words with this extensive list of CVC words.
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Long U Words - Printable Word List
Introduce and explore words containing graphemes that make the “long u” sound with this extensive list of words.
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Compound Words Cut and Paste - Worksheet
Cut, paste, and write to form open and closed compound words with a word-building worksheet.
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I Spy CVCe Words - Worksheet
Identify long e words with an I-Spy worksheet.
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Consonant Digraphs Match-Up Activity
Complete words using the correct consonant digraph with this set of match-up cards.
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Word Chain Worksheet - Beginning L Blends
Manipulate the individual phonemes in words to create new ones with this differentiated word-building worksheet.
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Short Vowel Worksheets (Middle Sounds Practice)
Identify medial or middle vowel sounds with this set of three worksheets.
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Google Slides Alphabet Interactive - Letter N
Add hands-on literacy activities to your reading centers to help students identify, write, and learn the sound of the letter N.
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Alphabet Interactive - Letter O
Optimize identification of the letter O with a Google Interactive Activity.
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Fall Phonics - Kindergarten Worksheet Pack
Bring a bit of fall into the classroom with a set of fall-themed worksheets covering syllables, blending, segmenting, and more!
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Alphabet Interactive - Letter M
Build letter recognition and phonemic awareness of the letter M with a Google Interactive Activity.
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Apple Theme Worksheets - Preschool and Kindergarten
Bring a bit of fall into the classroom with a set of apple-themed letter recognition worksheets for preschoolers and kindergarteners.
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Alphabet Google Interactive - Letter I
Help students identify, write, and learning the sound of letter I with an interactive activity.
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Alphabet Interactive - Letter K
Add hands-on literacy activites to your reading centers to help students identify, write, and learning the sound of letter K.
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Alphabet Interactive - Letter L
Bring technology into your guided reading lessons, and learn the sounds of L with a Google Interactive activity.
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Alphabet Google Interactive - Letter H
Add hands-on literacy activites to your reading centers to help students identify, write, and learning the sound of letter H.