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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Writing the Alphabet - Handwriting Poster
A poster to assist students when learning how to form letters.
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Science of Reading Decoding Strategy Bookmarks and Poster
Help students succeed in reading fluency with this bookmark and poster set of strategies for decoding unknown words.
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Decodable Text Worksheets – Set 2
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.
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Writing the Alphabet - Handwriting Worksheet
Practice penmanship by tracing and writing uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Phonics Assessment - Single Letter Phoneme
Test your students' knowledge of single letter phonemes with this student assessment kit.
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Generic Spelling Activity Worksheet Pack
A set of 6 generic spelling activity worksheets that can be used with any spelling list.
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Digraph Worksheet - ur
A worksheet that focuses on handwriting and vocabulary activities relating to the digraph 'ur'.
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Digraph Worksheet - ch
A worksheet that focuses on handwriting and vocabulary activities relating to the digraph 'ch'.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - TOO
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “too” from the Kindergarten-level Dolch sight words list.
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Final E - Word Study Worksheets Pack
Provide extra practice reading, spelling, and writing final-e words with a set of 44 Final E Word Study Worksheets.
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Phoneme Segmentation Flashcards - Set 1
A set of over 100 phoneme segmentation flashcards.
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Google Interactive Activity- Reading, Spelling, and Rhyming Word Families
Build skill with word families, rhyming words, and more with a Google Slides Interactive Word Family Activity.
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Write With Your Senses: Daily Descriptive Writing Prompts
Inspire your students to write descriptively using our 20 daily descriptive writing prompts slide deck and graphic organizer.
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Four In A Row - OA, OW, and OE
Decode words with OA, OW, and OE vowel teams representing the long 'o' vowel sound.
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Beginning Sounds Sorting Activity
Practice identifying beginning sounds of words by sorting this set of 24 picture cards.
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Spelling CVC Words - Worksheets
Develop students’ ability to segment and blend the sounds in CVC words with this set of differentiated worksheets.
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Dolch Sight Words Mat – Grade 1
A Grade 1 Dolch Sight Words Mat to assist students with their reading and spelling.
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Weekly Spelling Words and Activity Grid - Lower Grades
20 pages of weekly spelling words based on patterns, extension words, and activities.
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Decodable Text Worksheets – Set 1
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.
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BUILD IT! CVC, CCVC, and CVCC Words
Encourage your students to practice decoding and spelling CVC, CCVC, and CVCC words with this set of 15 task cards.
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Final e BINGO - O_E
Decode final e words with the long o vowel sound using this set of 20 bingo game boards.
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Google Interactive CVCC Word Building Activity
Practice building, reading, and writing words with consonants, vowels, blends, and digraphs while spelling CVCC words.
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Sound Wall - Classroom Display
Enhance your phonics program by displaying the phonemes your students are currently mastering with a beautiful Sound Wall Display.
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Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards
Practice the first 100 Dolch Sight Words with a deck of sight word flash cards.
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ASL Alphabet Line - Cursive and Print
Display this set of 26 ASL alphabet posters with cursive and print letters to help your students with letter formation and handwriting.
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Word Study List - Hard and Soft C Words
Introduce and explore words containing the hard and soft c with this extensive list of words.
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Ninja Race Phonics Game
A fun, engaging board game to consolidate students' understanding of digraphs and rhyme.
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Contractions – Interactive PowerPoint
An interactive 24-slide PowerPoint introducing contractions.
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Dolch Sight Words Mat – Commonly Misspelled Words
A Commonly Misspelled Words Mat to assist students with their reading and spelling.
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Ultimate Blends Poster Pack
Supplement your phonics curriculum with a consonant blends anchor chart/poster pack.