English Language Development

Figure 3.33. Grade One Standards in Phonics and Word Recognition with Examples

Standard 3 Example

a. Know the spelling-sound

correspondences for common

consonant digraphs.

When children see the printed letter sh, they indicate

that it represents the sound /sh/. When they hear the

sound /sh/, they identify the letter combination that

represents it. Additional consonant digraphs are th,

wh, kn, wr, ph.

b. Decode regularly spelled one-

syllable words.

When children see the written word dog (CVC pattern),

they use their knowledge of letter-sound and spelling-

sound correspondences to say and blend the sounds

to pronounce the word. Other regularly spelled one-

syllable word patterns include VC (if), VCC (ask), CVCC

(fast), CCVC (drop).

c. Know final -e and common

vowel team conventions for

representing long vowel sounds.

When children see the written word hide, they use

their knowledge that -e generally indicates that the

preceding vowel is long and pronounce the word. They

also know other common vowel teams that represent

long vowels, such as ai (rain), ea (eat), ee (feet), oa

(boat).

d. Use knowledge that every

syllable must have a vowel sound

to determine the number of

syllables in a printed word.

When they see the written word catsup, they identify

the two vowel sounds, /ă/ and /ŭ/, and indicate that

the word has two syllables. They use that knowledge

to decode the word.

e. Decode two-syllable words

following basic patterns by

breaking the words into syllables.

When children see the word before, they identify the

two syllables and use their knowledge that the first

syllable is open so the vowel is pronounced with the

long sound and the second syllable has a final -e

so the preceding vowel is pronounced with the long

sound.

f. Read words with inflectional

endings.

When children see the written word playing, they

recognize the base word and the ending and

pronounce the word. Other common inflectional

endings are -est, -ed.

g. Recognize and read grade-

appropriate irregularly spelled

words.

When children see the printed word once, they quickly

and accurately pronounce it.

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