In Literacy This Year We Will:
*Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print
* Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds + long and short vowels
* Produce single-syllable words by blending sounds
* Isolate and pronounce beginning, medial, and final sounds
* Segment single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds
* Apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words + digraphs
* Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for long vowel sounds
* Read words with inflectional endings
* Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words
* Read with accuracy, expression, and fluency to support comprehension
* Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding
*Ask and answer questions about key details, and to clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text(fiction and nonfiction)
* Retell key details and understand the main idea/message (fiction and nonfiction)
* Describe characters, setting, major events (beginning, middle, ending)
* Identify words/phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings
* Explain major differences between fiction (books that tell stories) and nonfiction (books that give information)
* Identify the narrator (who is telling the story at various points in a text)
* Use illustrations and details in a story to describe it's characters, setting, or events
* Compare/Contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories
* (With support) read poetry
* Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text
* Know and use various text features (headings, table of contents, glossaries) to locate key facts or information in a text
* Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by words in a text
* Use illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas
* Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text
* Identify basic similarities in and differences between to texts on the same topic
*Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print
* Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds + long and short vowels
* Produce single-syllable words by blending sounds
* Isolate and pronounce beginning, medial, and final sounds
* Segment single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds
* Apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words + digraphs
* Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for long vowel sounds
* Read words with inflectional endings
* Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words
* Read with accuracy, expression, and fluency to support comprehension
* Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding
*Ask and answer questions about key details, and to clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text(fiction and nonfiction)
* Retell key details and understand the main idea/message (fiction and nonfiction)
* Describe characters, setting, major events (beginning, middle, ending)
* Identify words/phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings
* Explain major differences between fiction (books that tell stories) and nonfiction (books that give information)
* Identify the narrator (who is telling the story at various points in a text)
* Use illustrations and details in a story to describe it's characters, setting, or events
* Compare/Contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories
* (With support) read poetry
* Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text
* Know and use various text features (headings, table of contents, glossaries) to locate key facts or information in a text
* Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by words in a text
* Use illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas
* Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text
* Identify basic similarities in and differences between to texts on the same topic