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With prompting and support, decode two-syllable words using knowledge of closed syllables, open syllables, vowel-consonant-e syllables, vowel-r syllables, common vowel team syllables, and consonant-le syllables, including compound words that fit multiple syllable types.

With prompting and support, decode words with silent letter combinations.

With prompting and support, decode words with common prefixes including un-, dis-, in-, re-, pre-, mis-, non-, and ex-.

With prompting and support, decode words with common suffixes, including words with dropped e and y-to-i changes for suffix addition.

Decode contractions with am, is, has, and not.

Decode grade-appropriate high frequency words that are spelled using predictable, decodable phoneme-grapheme correspondences.

Fluency

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

Read grade-appropriate texts with accuracy and fluency.

Read and reread grade-appropriate decodable text orally with accuracy and expression at an appropriate rate to support comprehension.

Recognize and self-correct decoding and other errors in word recognition and reread for clarification.

Participate in poetry reading, noticing phrasing, rhythm, and rhyme.

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

Vocabulary

Utilize new academic, content-specific, grade-level vocabulary, make connections to previously learned words, and relate 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.

Ask and answer questions about unfamiliar 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 frequently occurring affixes and inflections -s, -es, -ed, -ing, -er, and -est.

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 information found within the text to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar or multiple-meaning word or phrase.

Sort and categorize groups of words or pictures based on meaning, and label each category.

Identify and explain adjectives as descriptive words and phrases in all forms of texts, including poems.

Use grade-appropriate academic vocabulary in speaking and writing.

Comprehension

Use content knowledge built during read-alouds of informational and literary texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through drawing and writing.

Manipulate words and/or phrases to create simple sentences, including declarative and interrogative, to help build syntactic awareness and comprehension at the sentence level.

Identify common types of texts and their features, including literary, informational, fairy tale, and poetry.

Use text features to locate key facts or information in printed or digital text.

Identify the main topic and key details of literary and informational texts.

Ask and answer questions about key details in literary and informational texts.

Identify and describe the main story elements in a literary text.

Describe the characters and settings, using illustrations and textual evidence from a story.

Retell the plot or sequence of major events in chronological order.

Identify who is telling the story, using evidence from the text.