Week/

Month

Content

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

Performance Standards Addressed

Sept.-May

• Decoding

• Identify and read sounds (including consonants, blends, digraphs, long and short vowels, vowel teams, r-controlled vowels
• Recognize root words and endings (ing, s, es, ed, er, est)
• Read compound words, contractions, and multi-syllabic words
• Identify and read suffixes and prefixes
• Apply knowledge of syllabication rules to sound out words and determine word meaning

• Teacher observation
• Unit tests
• Oral reading
• Small group activities
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• IA1

• IA2

• IB4

• IA2

Sept.-May

• Spelling

• Identify different spelling patterns
• Use correct spelling for high frequency words, regular plurals and simple compound words
• Spell grade appropriate words correctly in final drafts
• Apply phonics knowledge and spelling rules to produce correctly spelled words

• Teacher observation
• Journal entries
• Writing samples
• Daily work
• Spelling tests

• IIC6

• IIC7

• IIC5