Reading Foundational Skills
Understand how books are meant to be read
1. Students can read the words in a book in the right order.
2. Students can understand that words I say can be written using letters in a certain order.
3. Students can understand that words have spaces between them.
4. Students can name all of my upper and lower case letters in the alphabet.
Understand the sounds that letters and words make
5. Students can recognize and make rhyming words.
6. Students can count and divide words into syllables.
7. Students can blend and take apart (segment) the beginning sounds and ending parts of one-syllable words.
8. Students can find and say the beginning, middle and last sound in simple words.
9. Students can make new words by changing a consonant or a vowel sound in a word I already know.
Look at words and figure them out
10. Students can say the most common sound for each consonant in the alphabet.
11. Students can match long and short vowel sounds with the letters that go with them.
12. Students can read common sight words.
13. Students can tell the difference between and read similar words by looking at the letters that are different.
Can read and understand books at their individual level
Understand how books are meant to be read
1. Students can read the words in a book in the right order.
2. Students can understand that words I say can be written using letters in a certain order.
3. Students can understand that words have spaces between them.
4. Students can name all of my upper and lower case letters in the alphabet.
Understand the sounds that letters and words make
5. Students can recognize and make rhyming words.
6. Students can count and divide words into syllables.
7. Students can blend and take apart (segment) the beginning sounds and ending parts of one-syllable words.
8. Students can find and say the beginning, middle and last sound in simple words.
9. Students can make new words by changing a consonant or a vowel sound in a word I already know.
Look at words and figure them out
10. Students can say the most common sound for each consonant in the alphabet.
11. Students can match long and short vowel sounds with the letters that go with them.
12. Students can read common sight words.
13. Students can tell the difference between and read similar words by looking at the letters that are different.
Can read and understand books at their individual level
