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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My Spelling Dictionary Booklet
Help young learners build their writing and spelling confidence with their very own Spelling Dictionary Booklet!
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R-Controlled Vowel Phoneme Spotter Stories
Use this set of decodable texts featuring various graphemes that make r-controlled vowel sounds.
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Alphabetical Order Activity
Support your students as they learn to organize the alphabet in order with this hands‑on, engaging activity.
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Free High Frequency Word Lists
Use this set of leveled high frequency word lists which are a collection of the most commonly used words divided into heart words and flash words for teaching purposes.
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Vowel Teams Diphthong Worksheets
Practice diphthongs with this set of fun and engaging worksheets.
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Letter Formation Worksheets - Uppercase, Lowercase, and Sentence Writing
A set of 26 letter formation worksheets that include uppercase and lowercase letters as well as sentence writing.
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CVCC Word Work Mat
Practice segmenting and spelling simple words with this set of 24 CVCC picture task cards.
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Tap It! Letter Sound Game for Kindergarten
Use this letter sound game for kindergarten to help students apply letter-sound correspondences.
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Blend and Color Phoneme Blending Worksheets
Get your students blending simple CVC words with this set of blend and color worksheets.
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Color by Sight Words - 5 Words - Bee
A fun coloring activity to use when working with sight words.
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Oxford Wordlist Mats - Words 1 to 354
Use this set of five Oxford Wordlist Mats as a planning tool for high frequency word activities.
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Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check Sheet Templates
Use a Look, Say, Cover, Write, and Check sheet to encourage students to study and practice their weekly spelling words.
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CVC Word Blending Cut and Paste Worksheets
Help students practice blending and reading CVC words with this set of 6 cut-and-paste worksheets.
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Free Contractions Student Reference Sheet
Help students remember the different contractions with this contraction student reference sheet.
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Color by Sight Words - 6 Words - Chicken
A fun coloring activity to use when working with sight words.
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FIND IT! Long and Short Vowels - Task Cards
Practice distinguishing between short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds with this set of 16 task cards.
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Parts of a Book Worksheets
Use these parts of a book worksheets for students to identify the various parts of a book.
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Dotted-Lined Handwriting Paper - Portrait
Use these printable dotted-lined handwriting paper templates to develop your students' letter formation skills in the kindergarten classroom.
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Word Chain Mazes - Worksheets
Color a path through the maze by identifying the changing phoneme to create a continuous word chain.
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Phoneme Segmentation Task Cards
Segment beginning, middle vowel, and final phonemes with this set of 20 CVC word task cards.
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Rhyming Word Cards
Reinforce students' knowledge of rhyming words with this set of 30 picture cards.
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Phonemic Awareness Cards
Use these 32 phonemic awareness cards to develop your student's phonics knowledge.
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Diphthong Phoneme Spotter Stories
Use this set of decodable texts featuring various graphemes that make diphthong vowel sounds.
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Sound Manipulation Word Ladder Activity
Develop your students' phonological awareness with this phoneme substitution word ladder activity.
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Sight Word Splash Game
Use this collaborative partner game to allow your students to practice reading and writing some of the most common high-frequency words.
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Contraction Worksheets
Help students learn more about contractions with this contraction worksheet pack.
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Days of the Week - Spelling Homework Sheets
Read, write, and recognize the names of the 7 days of the week with a pack of daily spelling worksheets.
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Consonant Digraph Cut-and-Paste Worksheets
Reinforce your students' knowledge of consonant digraphs with this set of cut-and-paste worksheets.
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Diphthong Vowel Teams Pocket Chart Cards
Help students visualize and remember the different diphthong vowel teams with this pocket chart sorting activity with mouth articulation images.
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Diphthong Vowel Teams Mini-Book Pack
Learn and practice the different diphthong vowel teams with this set of mini activity books.
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Vowel Teams Worksheet Pack
Practice writing and enhancing knowledge of vowel digraphs with this worksheet pack.
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Letters A–Z Printable ABC Worksheets
Learn the letters of the alphabet and their sounds with printable ABC worksheets