| Benchmarks (K - 3) |
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| A. | Use letter-sound correspondence knowledge and structural analysis to decode words. |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade Prekindergarten) |
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| 7. | Recognize that words are made up of letters. |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade Kindergarten) |
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| 4. | Distinguish and name all upper- and lower-case letters. |
| 5. | Recognize, say and write the common sounds of letters. |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade 1) |
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| 2. | Identify and say the beginning and ending sounds in words. |
| 3. | Demonstrate an understanding of letter-sound correspondence by saying the sounds from all letters and from a variety of letter patterns, such as consonant blends and long- and short-vowel patterns, and by matching sounds to the corresponding letters. |
| 4. | Decode by using letter-sound matches. |
| 6. | Blend two to four phonemes (sounds) into words. |
| 9. | Read text using fluid and automatic decoding skills, including knowledge of patterns, onsets and rimes. |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade 2) |
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| 3. | Blend phonemes (sounds) of letters and syllables to read unknown words with one or more syllables. |
| 5. | Segment letter, letter blends and syllable sounds in words. |
| 6. | Distinguish and identify the beginning, middle and ending sounds in words. |
| 7. | Identify words as having either short- or long-vowel sounds. |
| 9. | Read text using fluid and automatic decoding skills. |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade 3) |
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| 2. | Use letter-sound knowledge and structural analysis to decode words. |
| 5. | Read text using fluid and automatic decoding skills. |
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