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(RF) Reading Foundations

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ELA Reading Foundations SkillsReading Standards: Foundational Skills
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ELA K2 GrBd Reading Standards: Foundational Skills

(RF.01) Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
K GrKindergarten ELA-00.RF.01
  • ELA-00.RF.01.p1  d) Recognize and name all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
  • ELA-00.RF.01.p2  a) Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page b) Recognize spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters. c) Understand words are separated by spaces in print.
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Gr01First Grade ELA-01.RF.01
  1. Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence
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(RF.02) Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
K GrKindergarten ELA-00.RF.02
  • ELA-00.RF.02.p1  a) Recognize and produce rhyming words.
  • ELA-00.RF.02.p2  b) Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words
  • ELA-00.RF.02.p3  c) Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words. d) Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/). e) Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, single-syllable words to make new words.
Gr01First Grade ELA-01.RF.02
  1. Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.
  2. Orally produce single-syllable words, by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.
  3. Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.
  4. Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes)
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(RF.03) Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
K GrKindergarten ELA-00.RF.03
  • ELA-00.RF.03.p1  a) Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant. b) Associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
  • ELA-00.RF.03.p2  c) Decode and use CVC words. e) Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
  • ELA-00.RF.03.p3  d) Read common high-frequency words by sight..
Gr01First Grade ELA-01.RF.03
  1. Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs.
  2. Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
  3. Demonstrate use of beginning and ending blends.
  4. Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
  5. Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word.
  6. Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables.
  7. Read words with inflectional endings.
  8. Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words
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Gr02Second Grade ELA-02.RF.03
  1. Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words.
  2. Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
  3. Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels.
  4. Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.
  5. Identify words with inconsistent but common spellingsound correspondences.
  6. Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
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(RF.04) Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
K GrKindergarten ELA-00.RF.03
  1. Read grade level text with purpose and understanding.
  2. Read grade level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
  3. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
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Gr01First Grade ELA-01.RF.04
  1. Read grade level text with purpose and understanding.
  2. Read grade level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
  3. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
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Gr02Second Grade ELA-02.RF.04
  1. Read grade level text with purpose and understanding.
  2. Read grade level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
  3. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
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ELA 35 GrBd Reading Standards: Foundational Skills

(RF.03) Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Gr03Third Grade ELA-03.RF.03
  1. Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.
  2. Decode words with common Latin suffixes.
  3. Decode multi-syllable words.
  4. Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
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Gr04Fourth Grade ELA-04.RF.03
  1. Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.
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Gr05Fifth Grade ELA-05.RF.03
  1. Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g. roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.
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(RF.04) Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Gr03Third Grade ELA-03.RF.04
  1. Read grade level text with purpose and understanding.
  2. Read grade level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
  3. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
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Gr04Fourth Grade ELA-04.RF.04
  1. Read grade level text with purpose and understanding.
  2. Read grade level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
  3. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
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Gr05Fifth Grade ELA-05.RF.04
  1. Read grade level text with purpose and understanding.
  2. Read grade level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
  3. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
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