LAC 28:CLXIX.305. Reading Foundations

A. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print. 1. Track words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page. 2. Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters. 3. Understand that words are separated by spaces in print. 4. Identify and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet. 5. Locate a word on a page. 6. Distinguish between letters and words. 7. Recognize features of a sentence, including capitalization, words separated by spaces, and ending punctuation. 8. Accurately form all uppercase and lowercase letters using appropriate directionality as it relates to the routine and steps involved in letter formation. B. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). 1. Recognize and produce rhyming words. 2. Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words. 3. Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words. 4. Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.) 5. Add, delete, or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words. 6. Segment and blend phonemes in single-syllable spoken words. C. Know and apply grade-appropriate phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. 1. Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant. 2. Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels. 3. Read grade-appropriate, regular and irregular words with known spellings or spelling patterns with automaticity. 4. Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ. 5. Encode CVC words. D. Read grade-level decodable texts with accuracy, automaticity, and understanding.