listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and answer questions using multi-word responses;

follow, restate, and give oral instructions that involve a short, related sequence of actions;

producing a series of rhyming words;

recognizing spoken alliteration or groups of words that begin with the same spoken onset or initial sound;

distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds in one-syllable words;

recognizing the change in spoken word when a specified phoneme is added, changed, or removed;

blending spoken phonemes to form one-syllable words, including initial and/or final consonant blends;

manipulating phonemes within base words; and

segmenting spoken one-syllable words of three to five phonemes into individual phonemes, including words with initial and/or final consonant blends;

decoding words in isolation and in context by applying common letter sound correspondences;

decoding words with initial and final consonant blends, digraphs, and trigraphs;

decoding words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including vowel digraphs and diphthongs; and r-controlled syllables;

using knowledge of base words to decode common compound words and contractions;

decoding words with inflectional endings, including -ed, -s, and -es; and

identifying and reading at least 100 high-frequency words from a research-based list;

spelling words with closed syllables, open syllables, VCe syllables, vowel teams, and r-controlled syllables;

spelling words with initial and final consonant blends, digraphs, and trigraphs;

spelling words using sound-spelling patterns; and

spelling high-frequency words from a research-based list;

alphabetize a series of words to the first or second letter and use a dictionary to find words; and

use a resource such as a picture dictionary or digital resource to find words;

identify the meaning of words with the affixes -s, -ed, and -ing; and

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--fluency. The student reads grade-level text with fluency and comprehension. The student is expected to use appropriate fluency (rate, accuracy, and prosody) when reading grade-level text.

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading. The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently. The student is expected to self-select text and interact independently with text for increasing periods of time.

monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, checking for visual cues, and asking questions when understanding breaks down.

respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.

complete sentences with subject-verb agreement;

past and present verb tense;

singular, plural, common, and proper nouns;

adjectives, including articles;

adverbs that convey time;

prepositions;

pronouns, including subjective, objective, and possessive cases;

capitalization for the beginning of sentences and the pronoun "I";

punctuation marks at the end of declarative, exclamatory, and interrogative sentences; and

correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words with adult assistance; and