Standards - English Language Arts

Apply phoneme chaining that changes only one sound at a time to show addition, deletion, substitution, and resequencing of sounds from one word to the next.

With prompting and support, reverse sounds within a word by saying the last sound first and the first sound last.

Apply knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences, multisyllabic word construction, and syllable division principles to decode and encode (spell) words accurately in isolation and in context.

Decode multisyllabic words with common syllable patterns, including open/closed, vowel-r, vowel-consonant-e, vowel teams, consonant-le, and schwa syllables.

Apply knowledge of multisyllabic word construction and syllable division principles to decode grade-appropriate multisyllabic words.

Decode and encode words with three-consonant blends and blends containing digraphs.

Decode and encode words with consonant digraphs, trigraphs, and combinations.

Decode and encode words with variable vowel teams and vowel diphthongs.

Decode and encode words with vowel-r combinations.

Decode and encode words that follow the -ild, -ost, -old, -olt, and -ind patterns.

Decode and encode words with a after w read /ä/ and a before l read /â/.

Decode and encode words with or after w read /er/.

Decode and encode words with the hard and soft sounds of c and g, in context and in isolation.

Decode and encode words with vowel y in the final position of one and two syllable words, distinguishing the difference between the long /Ä«/ sound in one-syllable words and the long /Ä“/ sound in two-syllable words, and words with vowel y in medial position, producing the short /Ä­/ sound for these words.

Decode words with silent letter combinations.

Decode and encode words with prefixes and suffixes, including words with dropped e and y-to-i changes for suffix addition.

Decode and encode grade-appropriate high frequency words that are spelled using predictable, decodable phoneme-grapheme correspondences, including those that contain only one irregularity.

Decode and encode contractions with am, is, has, not, have, would, and will.

Apply previously-taught phoneme-grapheme correspondences to multisyllabic words with accuracy and automaticity, in and out of context.

Read and reread grade-appropriate text accurately, automatically, and with meaningful expression at a rate which supports comprehension.

Read grade-appropriate poetry, noticing phrasing, rhythm, and rhyme.

Read high-frequency words commonly found in grade-appropriate text.

Utilize new academic, content-specific, grade-level vocabulary, making connections to previously learned words and relating new words to background knowledge.

Make connections to a word’s structure using knowledge of phonology, morphology, and orthography of the word to aid learning.

Describe word relationships and nuances in word meanings, including relating them to their opposites and distinguishing shades of meaning in similar or related words.

Use knowledge of antonyms and synonyms.

Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs and adjectives.

Use knowledge of homophones to determine use of the correct word.

With prompting and support, interpret figurative language.

Analyze meaningful parts of words and phrases in discussions and/or text.

Identify possessives and plurals and use them as clues to the meaning of text.

Identify meaningful parts of words (morphemes) and use them as clues to the meaning of unknown words, including base words, compound words, and frequently occurring affixes and inflections.

Use dictionary definitions and information found within the text to help determine meaning of unfamiliar or multi-meaning words.

Identify new vocabulary and the use of word meanings in text to establish real-life connections.

Use grade-level academic and domain-specific vocabulary to gain meaning from text.