ELA21.K.16

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): KG

ELA21.K.16

Recognize and read grade-appropriate high-frequency words with accuracy and automaticity.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Grade-appropriate high-frequency words.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Recognize and read grade-appropriate high-frequency words with accuracy and automaticity. For example, a student is able to read the target high-frequency word accurately and automatically three times in a row on different days.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • High-frequency words are words that are found regularly in kindergarten text and material, so it is important to recognize and read them correctly and quickly.

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words
  • Accuracy
  • Automaticity

COS Examples

Note: As noted in the phonics standards, high-frequency words should be taught with the main emphasis of the lesson being on regular correspondences and patterns within the word. The student should be able to read the word accurately three times in a row on different days to be considered accurate enough to add it to a personal word box, word ring, or fluency folder. Avoid teaching high-frequency words as sight words“ that need to be memorized as a whole word unless there are no regular correspondences in the word. “Of” is an example of a word with no regular correspondences.

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