LAC 28:CLXIX.505. Reading Foundations

A. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print. 1. Compose sentences utilizing the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation). 2. Print letters, words, and sentences legibly, leaving appropriate spaces between words. B. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). 1. Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words. 2. Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends. 3. Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words. 4. Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes). C. Know and apply grade-appropriate phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. 1. Decode words using knowledge of spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs. 2. Decode and encode regularly spelled one-syllable words with known phonetic patterns. 3. Know final /-e/ and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds. 4. Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word. 5. Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables. 6. Read grade-appropriate words with inflectional endings. 7. Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words, utilizing known spelling patterns. 8. Decode and encode simple words with r-controlled vowels. D. Read grade-level decodable texts with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. 1. Read with automaticity and appropriate prosody or expression. 2. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.