- Decode VCC and CVCC words (ending blends; e.g. ask, list)
- Decode CCVC, CCVCC, & CCCVC Words (beginning and ending blends; e.g. slip, stamp, strap)
- Know the sounds for common consonant digraphs (sh, ch, tch, th, ph, gh, ng)
- Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words with common consonant digraphs (sh, ch, tch, th, ph, gh, ng)
- Know the spellings for the common consonant digraphs (/sh/, /ch/, voiced and unvoiced /th/, /f/ spelled ph, /ng/)
- Know final -e conventions for representing long vowel sounds
- Decode regularly spelled one-syllable VCe & CVCe Words
- Read words with suffixes “es,” “er,” y”
- Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words with Y as a vowel
- Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words with R-Controlled vowels
- Decode words with contractions
- Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words with double final consonants
- Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words with common silent letters (wr, kn, lk)
- Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words with “qu,” soft & hard c/g
- Know the sounds that represent the common vowel team conventions (e.g. ay, ee, oa, ew, ie)
- Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words with vowel teams (e.g. ay, ee, oa, ew, ie)
- Know the various spellings for words with long vowel sounds (e.g. /ā/ spelled a_e, ai, or ay; /ē/ spelled ea or ee; /ī/ spelled i_e or ie; /ō/ spelled oa, ow, or o_e; /ū/ spelled ew, etc)
- Know the sounds that represent variant vowel combinations (e.g. igh, ough) and diphthongs (e.g. oy, ow)
- Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words with variant vowel combinations (e.g. ign, ough) and diphthongs (e.g. oy, ow)
- Know the spellings for the words with variant vowel combinations (e.g. /ī/ spelled igh, /ō/ spelled ough) and diphthongs (e.g. /oy/, /ow/)
- Read words with inflectional endings (“ed,” “ing”)
- Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word
- Decode two-syllable words that contain closed syllables
- Decode two-syllable words that contain vowel-consonant e syllables
- Decode two-syllable words that contain open syllables
- Decode two-syllable words that contain vowel combination syllables
- Decode two-syllable words that contain consonant-le syllables
- Decode two-syllable words that contain r-controlled syllables
- Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings
- Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary
- Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding
- Recognize and read grade-appropriate (first grade) irregularly spelled words
