listen actively and ask questions to understand information and answer questions using multi-word responses;
restate and follow oral directions that involve a short, related sequence of actions;
share information and ideas by speaking audibly and clearly using the conventions of language;
work collaboratively with others by following agreed-upon rules for discussion, including taking turns; and
develop social communication such as introducing himself/herself, using common greetings, and expressing needs and wants.
demonstrate phonological awareness by:
identifying and producing rhyming words;
recognizing spoken alliteration or groups of words that begin with the same spoken onset or initial sound;
identifying the individual words in a spoken sentence;
identifying syllables in spoken words;
recognizing spoken alliteration or groups of words that begin with the same simple syllable or initial sound;
blending syllables to form multisyllabic words;
segmenting multisyllabic words into syllables;
blending spoken onsets and rimes to form simple words;
blending spoken phonemes to form one-syllable words;
manipulating syllables within a multisyllabic word; and
identifying initial and final sounds in simple words;
segmenting spoken one-syllable words into individual phonemes;
blending spoken phonemes to form syllables; and
demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:
manipulating syllables within a multisyllabic word;
identifying and matching the common sounds that letters represent;
using letter-sound relationships to decode, including VC, CVC, CCVC, and CVCC words;
recognizing that new words are created when letters are changed, added, or deleted such as it - pit - tip - tap; and
using letter-sound relationships to decode one- and two-syllable words and multisyllabic words, including CV, VC, CCV, CVC, VCV, CVCV, CCVCV, and CVCCV;
identifying and reading at least 25 high-frequency words from a research-based list;
decoding words with silent h and consonant digraphs such as/ch/,/rr/, and/ll/; and
demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:
recognizing that new words are created when syllables are changed, added, or deleted;
spelling words with VC, CVC, and CCVC;
spelling words using sound-spelling patterns; and
spelling common letter and sound correlations; and
spelling high-frequency words from a research-based list;
spelling words with common syllabic patterns such as CV, VC, CCV, CVC, VCV, CVCV, CCVCV, and CVCCV;
demonstrate print awareness by:
identifying the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book;
holding a book right side up, turning pages correctly, and knowing that reading moves from top to bottom and left to right with return sweep;
recognizing that sentences are comprised of words separated by spaces and recognizing word boundaries;
recognizing the difference between a letter and a printed word; and
identifying all uppercase and lowercase letters; and