Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

Eighth Grade

High School

▲Identifies sounds of both upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.

(Letter-sound Relationships)

1.1.1

Identifies sounds of both upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.

(Letter-sound Relationships)
 

1.1.1

▲Identifies names of both upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.

1.1.2

▲Identifies names of both upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.

1.1.2

Distinguishes letters from words by recognizing that words are separated by spaces.      1.1.3  

Identifies and distinguishes between letters, words, and sentences.

1.1.3

 ▲Demonstrates phonemic awareness skills by hearing and orally manipulating sounds

(e.g., ▲phoneme isolation, ▲identification, ▲categorization, blending, segmentation, deletion, addition, substitution).

(Phonemic Awareness) 

1.1.4

▲Identifies and manipulates phonemes in spoken words (e.g., phoneme isolation, identification, categorization, ▲blending, ▲segmentation, ▲deletion, ▲addition, ▲substitution).

(Phonemic Awareness)

1.1.4

 Identifies and makes oral rhymes and begins to hear onsets and rimes

(e.g., alliteration, intonation).

(Phonological

Awareness)

1.1.5

▲Identifies onsets and rimes in spoken words (e.g., alliteration, intonation, rhyme).

(Phonological Awareness)

 1.1.5

Manipulates onsets and rimes in spoken syllables.

(Phonological Awareness)

 1.1.1

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

Eighth Grade

High School

▲Demonstrates an understanding of graphemes and phonemes (i.e., sound-symbol relationships) in written and spoken language.

(Phonics)

1.1.6

▲Uses knowledge of letter-sound correspondences (e.g., ▲consonant-vowel patterns, blends, ▲digraphs, word families) when reading unknown words.  

(Phonics)

1.1.6

▲Uses knowledge of developmentally appropriate decoding skills (e.g., ▲consonant-vowel combinations, ▲blends, digraphs, ▲word families) when reading unknown words.
 

(Phonics)

1.1.2

Uses decoding skills that include knowledge of phonetics and structural analysis when reading unknown words.

1.1.1

Uses decoding skills that include knowledge of structural analysis automatically when reading.

1.1.1

Manipulates onsets and rimes in spoken words (e.g., alliteration, intonation, rhyme).

(Phonological Awareness)

1.1.7

Categorizes onsets and rimes in spoken syllables.

(Phonological Awareness)

1.1.3

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

Eighth Grade

High School

Demonstrates an understanding of concepts of print (e.g., front-to-back, top-to-bottom, left-to-right) and begins to track print.

1.2.1

Applies concepts of print when reading (e.g., front-to-back, top-to-bottom, left-to-right, capitalization).

1.2.1

Locates periods, question marks, and exclamation points.

1.2.2

Uses punctuation at instructional or independent reading levels while reading.

1.2.2

▲Uses knowledge of conventions (e.g., question marks, exclamation points, commas, apostrophes) to read fluently at instructional or independent reading levels.

1.2.1

Uses knowledge of conventions (e.g., question marks, exclamation points, commas, apostrophes, italics, graphics, hyphens) to read fluently at instructional or independent reading levels.

1.2.1

Uses knowledge of conventions (e.g., question marks, exclamation points, commas, apostrophes, colons, semi-colons, dashes) to read fluently at instructional or independent reading levels.

1.2.1

Uses knowledge of conventions (e.g., question marks, exclamation points, commas, apostrophes, asterisks, ampersands) and text features to read fluently at instructional or independent reading levels.

1.2.1

 Uses knowledge of conventions and text features to read fluently at instructional or independent reading levels.

1.2.1

Uses knowledge of conventions and text features to read fluently at instructional or independent reading levels.

1.2.1

Uses knowledge of conventions and text features to read fluently at instructional or independent reading levels.

1.2.1

Imitates the rhythm of speech in emergent oral reading.

1.2.3

Reads expressively with appropriate pace, phrasing, intonation, and rhythm of speech with familiar text.

1.2.3

Reads expressively with appropriate pace, phrasing, intonation, and rhythm of speech.

1.2.2

Reads expressively with appropriate pace, phrasing, intonation, and rhythm of speech.

1.2.2

Reads expressively with appropriate pace, phrasing, intonation, and rhythm of speech.

1.2.2

Reads expressively with appropriate pace, phrasing, intonation, and rhythm of speech.

1.2.2

 Reads expressively with appropriate pace, phrasing, intonation, and rhythm of speech.

1.2.2

Reads expressively with appropriate pace, phrasing, intonation, and rhythm of speech.

1.2.2

Reads expressively with appropriate pace, phrasing, intonation, and rhythm of speech.

1.2.2

Uses knowledge of sentence structure to read fluently at instructional or independent reading levels.

1.2.4

Uses knowledge of sentence structure to read fluently at instructional or independent reading levels.

1.2.3

Uses knowledge of sentence structure to read fluently at instructional or independent reading levels.

1.2.3

Uses knowledge of sentence structure to read fluently at instructional or independent reading levels.

1.2.3

Uses knowledge of sentence structure to read fluently at instructional or independent reading levels.

1.2.3

 Uses knowledge of complex sentence structure to read fluently at instructional or independent reading levels.

1.2.3

Uses knowledge of complex sentence structure to read fluently at instructional or independent reading levels.

1.2.3

Uses knowledge of complex sentence structure to read fluently at instructional or independent reading levels.

1.2.3

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

Eighth Grade

High School

Uses a variety of word-recognition strategies (e.g., practicing words in isolation) to read fluently.

1.2.5

Uses a variety of word-recognition strategies (e.g., practicing words in isolation, practicing reading words in text) to read fluently.

1.2.4

Uses a variety of word-recognition strategies (e.g., practicing words in isolation, practicing reading words in text) to read fluently.

1.2.4

Uses a variety of word-recognition strategies (e.g., practicing words in isolation, practicing reading words in text, orthographic patterns) to read fluently.

1.2.4

Uses a variety of word-recognition strategies (e.g., practicing words in isolation, practicing reading words in text, orthographic patterns) to read fluently.

1.2.4

Uses a variety of word-recognition strategies (e.g., orthographic patterns, reading and writing text) to read fluently.

1.2.4

Uses a variety of word-recognition strategies (e.g., orthographic patterns, reading and writing text) to read fluently.

1.2.4

Uses a variety of word-recognition strategies (e.g., orthographic patterns, reading and writing text) to read fluently.

1.2.4

Begins to adjust reading rate to support comprehension when reading narrative and expository texts.

1.2.5

Adjusts reading rate to support comprehension when reading narrative, expository, and technical texts.

1.2.5

Adjusts reading rate to support comprehension when reading narrative, expository, technical, and persuasive texts.

1.2.5

Adjusts reading rate to support comprehension when reading narrative, expository, technical, and persuasive texts.

1.2.5

Adjusts reading rate to support comprehension when reading narrative, expository, technical, and persuasive texts.

1.2.5

Adjusts reading rate to support comprehension when reading narrative, expository, technical, and persuasive texts.

1.2.5

Adjusts reading rate to support comprehension when reading narrative, expository, technical, and persuasive texts.

1.2.5

Adjusts reading rate to support comprehension when reading narrative, expository, technical, and persuasive texts.

1.2.1

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

Eighth Grade

High School

Reads one-syllable and often-heard words by sight.

1.3.1

Demonstrates automatic recognition of sight words.

1.3.1

Demonstrates automatic recognition of sight words.

1.3.1

Expands sight-word vocabulary.

1.3.1

Uses picture clues to identify unknown words and meanings.

1.3.2

Determines the meaning of unknown words or phrases using picture clues and context clues from sentences.

1.3.2

▲Determines the meaning of unknown words or phrases using picture clues and context clues from sentences and paragraphs.

1.3.2

▲Determines the meaning of unknown words or phrases using context clues (e.g., definitions, restatements, examples, descriptions) from sentences or paragraphs.

1.3.2

▲Determines the meaning of words or phrases by using context clues (e.g., definitions, restatements, examples, descriptions) from sentences or paragraphs.

1.3.1

▲Determines the meaning of words