Reading Grade K Student Monitoring Plan

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General Reading Processes:
Phonemic Awareness : Students will master the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words by the end of grade one.
  Discriminate sounds and words
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Identify whether isolated sounds are same or different
           
Identify initial and final sounds in a word
           
Categorize words as same or different by initial or final sounds
           

 
  Discriminate and produce rhyming words and alliteration
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Repeat and produce rhyming words
           
Identify and repeat sentences that use alliteration
           

 
  Blend sounds and syllables to form words
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Orally blend syllables into a whole word, such as fun-ny=funny
           
Orally blend onset and rimes (word families) into a whole word, such as b-at=bat
           
Orally blend 2-3 phonemes into one syllable words, such as m-e=me; f-u-n=fun
           

 
  Segment and manipulate sounds in spoken words and sentences
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Clap words in a sentence
           
Clap syllables in a word
           
Say syllables
           
Identify the initial sound in a word
           
Segment individual sounds in words
           
Substitute initial sounds in words to form new words
           

 
Phonics : Students will apply their knowledge of letter/sound relationships and word structure to decode unfamiliar words.
  Identify letters and corresponding sounds
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Identify in isolation all upper and lower case letters of the alphabet
           
Identify letters matched to sounds
           
Generate the sounds associated with individual letters and letter patterns, such as s-, st-, -at, -ack, -ed
           

 
  Decode words in grade-level texts
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Identify similarities and differences in letters and words
           
Blend letter sounds in one-syllable words (CVC)
           
Use onset and rime (word families) to decode one-syllable words
           

 
Fluency * : Students will read orally with accuracy and expression at a rate that sounds like speech.
  Engage in imitative reading at an appropriate rate
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Listen to models of fluent reading
           
Recite nursery rhymes, poems, and finger plays with expression
           

 
  Read orally from familiar texts at an appropriate rate
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Read familiar text with accuracy and expression
           
Use knowledge of end punctuation to signal expression in reading
           
Recognize some words by sight, such as student's first and last name, a, the, my, you, is, are
           

 
Vocabulary : Students will use a variety of strategies and opportunities to understand word meaning and to increase vocabulary.
  Develop and apply vocabulary through exposure to a variety of texts
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Acquire new vocabulary through listening to and reading a variety of texts on a daily basis
           
Discuss words and word meanings daily as they are encountered in texts, instruction, and conversation
           
Ask questions to clarify meaning about objects and words related to topics discussed
           
Listen to and identify the meaning of new vocabulary in multiple contexts
           
Listen to and identify the meaning of content-specific vocabulary
           
Read signs, labels, and environmental print
           
Collect and manipulate favorite words
           

 
  Develop a conceptual understanding of new words
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Use words to describe location, size, color, and shape
           
Name pictures of common concepts, such as sleeping, running, walking
           
Use names and labels of basic concepts, such as stop, go, boys, girls, in, out, poison
           
Identify and sort pictures of common words into basic categories, such as colors, numbers, seasons
           

 
  Understand, acquire, and use new vocabulary
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Use text and illustrations to identify meaning of unknown words
           
Use newly learned vocabulary on multiple occasions to reinforce meaning
           
Use word structure to determine meaning of words
  • Inflectional endings
           
Use resources to determine meaning of unknown words
  • Picture dictionaries
  • Charts
  • Diagrams
  • Posters
           

 
General Reading Comprehension : Students will use a variety of strategies to understand what they read (construct meaning).
  Demonstrate an understanding of concepts of print to determine how print is organized and read
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Understand that speech can be written and read
           
Read a minimum of 15 books, both literary and informational
           
Identify title, cover page, front and back of book, table of contents, page numbers, and describe what information is presented on the title and cover pages
           
Track print from left to right and top to bottom
           
Make return sweep to next line of text
           
Match oral words to printed words
           
Differentiate numerals, letters and words
           
Recognize that printed words are separated by spaces
           
Recognize that letters build words and words build sentences
           

 
  Use strategies to prepare for reading (before reading)
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Make connections to the text using illustrations, photographs, and prior knowledge
           
Make predictions by examining the title, cover, illustrations/photographs/text, and familiar author or topic
           
Ask questions about the text by examining the title, cover, illustrations, photographs, text
           
Set a purpose for reading
           

 
  Use strategies to make meaning from text (during reading)
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Use illustrations to construct meaning from text
           
Make, confirm, or adjust predictions
           
Make comments and ask relevant questions
           
Reread sentences when meaning is not clear
           
Connect events, characters, and actions in stories to specific life experiences
           

 
  Demonstrate understanding of text (after reading)
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Recall and discuss information from text
           
Respond to questions (who, what, and where) and verify answers using illustrations/text
           
Respond to text by drawing, speaking, dramatizing, or writing
           
Compare information in text with prior knowledge
           
Validate/determine the purpose for reading
           
Retell a story using text as support
           

 

11/15/07