ELA21.1.7e

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 1

ELA21.1.7e

With prompting and support, decode words with the hard and soft sounds of c and g, in context and in isolation.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • The hard sound of c is /k/.
  • The soft sound of c is /s/.
  • The hard sound of g is /g/.
  • The soft sound of g is /j/.

Skills

With prompting and support,
  • Decode (read) words with the hard and soft sounds of c and g, in context and in isolation.

Understanding

  • The letter that follows a c or g determines the sound that c or g will make in a word.
  • C makes a hard sound when it comes before a, o, u, or any consonant, and it makes a soft sound when it comes before i, e, or y.
  • G makes a hard sound when it comes before a, o, u, or any consonant, and it makes a soft sound when it comes before i, e, or y.

Vocabulary

  • Decode
  • Hard sounds
  • Soft sounds
  • Prompting
  • Support

COS Examples

Examples: c=/k/ before a, o, u, or any consonant and c= /s/ before i, e, or y; g=/g/before a, o, u, or any consonant and g=/j/ before i, e, or y

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