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Knowledge and Skills Statement

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.

Los estudiantes escriben 10 palabras que contienen las reglas ortográficas “nv”, “mb” y “mp“, en el contexto de una o varias oraciones que les dicta el maestro. Por ejemplo: “No olvides de enviar el empaque también al reciclaje”. Juntos, maestro y alumnos, corrigen las palabras del dictado y escriben la palabra correctamente al lado. Por equipos, los estudiantes buscan palabras en su libro de lectura que contengan palabras con estas reglas ortográficas. Tome nota de su trabajo.


Further Explanation

Los estudiantes demuestran y aplican su conocimiento de las reglas ortográficas para escribir correctamente las palabras usando n antes de v; m antes de b; y m antes de p.

Both decoding and encoding skills are needed to build a foundation in reading. Decoding is the process of translating written speech into verbal speech sounds by applying knowledge of letter-sound correspondences. It is the ability to recognize letters, apply their associated sounds, and blend sounds to form words. Encoding is the process of using letter-sound knowledge to write or spell words. Students must understand the various spelling patterns and rules of the Spanish language to correctly construct words in their written products. It is important that students demonstrate their knowledge by applying these rules consistently instead of using invented spelling because they may unknowingly write a real word they did not intend, causing reader confusion.
Students are expected to use orthographic rules to spell words correctly. Some Spanish words, combine the letters mb like combate, temblar, cambio, ambiente, or bombero. Students should know that in these and similar cases the letter b, and not v, should always follow the consonant m. The following words are intentionally misspelled to serve as examples (the correct spelling is in parentheses), camviar (cambiar), tamvién (también), and amvos (ambos).
Students are expected to use orthographic rules to spell words correctly. There are words in Spanish that combine the consonants mp like campeón, comprar, tampoco, or tiempo. Students should know that in these and similar cases the letter m, and not n, must precede the consonant p. The following words are intentionally misspelled to serve as examples (the correct spelling is in parentheses), tenprano (temprano), tronpeta (trompeta), enpujar (empujar).
Students are expected to use orthographic rules to spell words correctly. Some Spanish words, combine the letters nv like enviar, convivir, convencer, or envase. Students should know that in these and similar cases the letter v, and not b, should always follow the consonant n. The following words are intentionally misspelled to serve as examples (the correct spelling is in parentheses), bienbenido (bienvenido), conbersar (conversar), and enbidia (envidia).