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September and October |
| Letter Names |
- Name the letters in print, in random order M, B, T, S, F, A, R, D, C, N, P, and E
- Matches upper and lower case letters
- Indentifies and acts on letters when named (e.g. "Find a B so we can put the B on this bag.")
- Names letters in order from A to Z in unison
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| Print Awareness |
- Points to written words as reads
- Uses letters to stand for words (allwos a T on a trash bag to stand for trash)
- "Reads" words and phrases in context (environmental print examples: "back packs" on cubby; "snack" on the snack table)
- Find initial letters in printed words (M, B, T, S, F, and A)
- Discriminates between letters, numbers, and words in text
- Identifies where text begins and ends
- Correctly points out sequence in print
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| Rhyming |
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| Alliteration, Initial Sound Indentification |
- Repeats or acts out aliteration phrases with /m/, /b/, /s/, /t/, /f/ (e.g., pretends to be a big , burly, bumbly, bouncy, bear, etc.)
- Sorts objects by same first sound for /m/, /b/, /s/, /t/, /f/
- States the initial vowel heard in short "a" words (e.g., apple, at, ant, ask, etc.)
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| Sound Blending |
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| Letter-Sound Association |
- Matches sounds to letters for M, B, T, S, F, and A
- Uses initial letter to read words in context for M, B, T, S, F and A
- Produces the letter sounds when presented with the letters for M, B, T, S, F, and A
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| Word Analysis |
- Makes short "a" words by substituting initial consonant for words with -ack, -ad, -ag, -an, -at, -ap, rhyme endings (e.g. mad, sad; fan, man, tan, can; bag, tag,; mat, fat, sat, bat; map, tap; back, tack, sack)
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| Decoding |
- Blends onset and rhyme to make and read short "a" word family words
- Reads word families with physical and visual context support (e.g. back, pack, sack, tack, rack; mad, sad, bad; bag, tag; Sam, ram; man, tan, fan; bat, fat, sat)
- "Reads" predictable, repetitive text
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| Spelling |
- Spells own first name
- Selects a letter to represent a sound (e.g. find the M for the /m/ in man)
- Adds M, B, S, T, and F to a rime ending to make short vowel words (e. g. man, bat, sat, fat; man, pan, fan; bag, tag)
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| Sight Word Recognition |
- Recognizes Group 1 high frequency sight words
- a/an, like, see, no, I, can -- introduced in isolation or pairs.
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