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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Google Interactive S-Blends Activity
Help your readers practice their S-blend skills with fun, interactive Google Slides word-building activities.
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Read, Find, and Color – CVC Words
Practice decoding CVC words with this set of five "search and find" worksheets.
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Match or STRIKE OUT! - S Blends Match-Up Game
Practice decoding and reading 15 initial S blend words with our matching card game.
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Phoneme Segmentation Worksheets - CVC Words
Use this worksheet pack to give students practice at segmenting words into phonemes.
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Quick Phonics Screener- Single Letter Phoneme
Test your students' knowledge of single letter phonemes with this student assessment kit.
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Color by Sight Words - 5 Words - Dog
A fun coloring activity to use when working with sight words.
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Pyramid Reading Cards - Dolch Primer Sight Words
Practice and review the Dolch Primer List of high-frequency words with 52 short phrase cards for emergent readers.
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It's My Time to Rhyme Worksheet
Practice producing rhyming words with this 2-page multi-challenge worksheet.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - DO
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “do” from the Kindergarten-level Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - WAS
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “was” from the Kindergarten-level Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - THERE
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “there” from the Kindergarten-level Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - AT
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “at” from the Kindergarten-level Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - AM
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “am” from the Kindergarten-level Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - ARE
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “are” from the Kindergarten-level Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - INTO
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “into” from the Kindergarten-level Dolch sight words list.
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Move It! - Long and Short Vowel 'O' PowerPoint Game
An active PowerPoint game to practice reading and identifying long and short vowel ‘o’ words.
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Move It! - Long and Short Vowel 'I' PowerPoint Game
An active PowerPoint game to practice reading and identifying long and short vowel ‘i’ words.
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Reading CVC Words - Picture Puzzle
Decode CVC words with this 15 piece puzzle.
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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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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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Who Is Charity Adams Earley? – Shared Reading and Activity
Read along to learn about soldier & activist Charity Adams Earley with this 13-slide PowerPoint presentation.
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It's Time to Rhyme! - Practice Worksheet
Practice identifying and producing rhyming sets with this independent or partner worksheet.
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Rhyming Practice - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Practice identifying rhyming words with this cut and paste worksheet.
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A Fistful of Flavors Alliteration Activity
Make alliteration fun with a printable worksheet that challenges students to create flavors of ice cream.
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Diagnostic Reading Assessment for Teachers (Phonological Awareness)
Test your students' phonological awareness with this diagnostic reading assessment.
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Decodable Text Worksheets – Set 1
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - BECAUSE
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “because” from the Second Grade Dolch sight words list.
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Sight Word Mini Books
A set of 12 mini sight word books to use as little readers with your students.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - OF
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “of” from the First Grade Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - EVERY
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “every” from the First Grade Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - THEM
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “them” from the First Grade Dolch sight words list.
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Bowling Game - Dolch Grade 2 Sight Words
Practice reading and matching 46 high-frequency words on the Dolch Second Grade sight words list.