English Language Arts Standards » Reading: Foundational Skills » Kindergarten

Print Concepts

• 1. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

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• Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.

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• Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.

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• Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.

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• Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

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Phonological Awareness

• 2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

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• Recognize and produce rhyming words.

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• Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.

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• Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.

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• Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words.¹ (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)

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• Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.

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Phonics and Word Recognition

• 3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

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• Demonstrate basic knowledge of letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or most frequent sound for each consonant.

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• Associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.

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• Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).

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• Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

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Fluency

• 4.Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.

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