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Names all 26 letters

Gives the sound for all 26 letters

Gives the beginning or end sounds in words

Blends and segments 2-3 sounds

Reads CVC words containing consonants and short vowels (e.g., win)

Reads words with common digraphs: sh, ch, th, wh, ck

Blends and segments 4-5 sounds

Understands a letter can represent more than one sound (e.g., the vowel sounds in 'hi' vs. 'him')

Reads and spells words with silent 'e' (CVCe)

Expands consonant digraphs to reading and spelling with double letters: ss, ll, ff, zz

Reads & spells words with long vowel sounds. For example, we write long A many different ways: ai, ay, a_e, eigh.

Reads and spells words with vowel diphthongs: oo, au, aw, oy, oi, ow, ou.

Reads and spells words with r-controlled vowels: ir, ur, er, or, ar

Reads and spells words with the following suffixes: -s, -ful, -ed, -ing

Reads 2 syllables words

Student shifts from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn

Builds and deconstructs words with bases, prefixes and suffixes.

Prefixes: inter-, sub-, trans-, non-

suffixes: -ness, -able, -ment, -tion, -ible

Learns more complex graphemes such as <ough> or that <ch> can spell the /k/ sound in a word like 'chorus'.

Identifies grade level root words

Understands how affixes can modify meaning and word class

Can read tier 3 vocabulary words such as 'hyperactive', 'telescopic', 'fraction', 'democracy'