a. Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs.
b. Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
c. Demonstrate use of beginning and ending blends
d. Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
e. Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word.
f. Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables.
g. Read words with inflectional endings.
h. Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
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