Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

Objective 1.01

Develop book and print awareness:

identify the parts of books and function of each part.
demonstrate an understanding of directionality and voice-print match by following print word for word when listening to familiar text read aloud.
demonstrate an understanding of letters, words, and story.
identify the title, name of the author and the name of the illustrator.

Objective 1.02

Develop phonemic awareness and knowledge of alphabetic principle:

demonstrate understanding that spoken language is a sequence of identifiable speech sounds.
demonstrate understanding that the sequence of letters in the written word represents the sequence of sounds in the spoken word.
demonstrate understanding of the sounds of letters and understanding that words begin and end alike (onsets and rimes).

Objective 1.03

Demonstrate decoding and word recognition strategies and skills:

recognize and name upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.
recognize some words by sight including a few common words, own name, and environmental print such as signs, labels, and trademarks.
recognize most beginning consonant letter-sound associations in one-syllable words.

Objective 1.04

Read or begin to read.

Read or attempt to read own dictated story.
Attempt to read/reads simple patterned text, decodable text, and/or predictable texts using letter-sound knowledge and pictures to construct meaning.

Objective 1.05

Interact for at least 10 minutes daily with self-selected texts that are consistent with the student's independent reading level.

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