Spelling
Spelling is the ability to say, identify, or write the letters of a word. It is a memorization tool. Spelling can be used to help children remember or recognize common phonic patterns in words, or it can be used to help children remember common high frequency words.
Spelling on-line links to help:
Foundational Skills/Phonics
Phonics is the "sounding out" part of reading.
Phonemic awareness is the ability to identify and manipulate sounds in words.
These skills are the foundation of all the other reading skills.
Phonemic awareness is the ability to identify and manipulate sounds in words.
These skills are the foundation of all the other reading skills.
Phonics on line links to help:
Phonics and Word Recognition:
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
- Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words.
- Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
- Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels.
- Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.
- Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.
- Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
Fluency:
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
- Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
- Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression.
- Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.