Standard #: LAFS.K.RF.3.3 (Archived Standard)


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Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  1. Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sound for each consonant.
  2. Associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
  3. Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
  4. Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.


General Information

Subject Area: English Language Arts
Grade: K
Strand: Reading Standards: Foundational Skills (K-5)
Cluster: Phonics and Word Recognition
Date Adopted or Revised: 12/10
Content Complexity Rating: Level 1: Recall - More Information
Date of Last Rating: 02/14
Status: State Board Approved - Archived

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Lesson Plans

Name Description
Monkey Business: A Problem

In this close reading lesson, the teacher will read aloud Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina. Students will answer text-dependent questions and explain the meaning of new vocabulary. They will identify sight words and choral read repetitive parts of the text. Students will identify the setting, characters, and important events (including the problem and solution) and record these on a story map. They will retell the story and create a tri-fold book with illustrations and sentences explaining the beginning, middle, and end of the story. After analyzing the text, students will draw and dictate or write to explain the problem and solution in the text.

Be a Star Writer!

Students will begin by discussing the difference between letters, words, and sentences followed by a reading of The Alphabet Tree by Leo Lionni. After partaking in a fun sentence strip activity, students will be asked to practice their star writing skills by writing a sentence about a time that they were happy.

Colorful Rhymes

The students will participate in reading the rhyming story The Crayon Box That Talked and help to generate words that rhyme with colors. Then, students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of rhyming words by completing a sorting activity.

Student Center Activities

Name Description
Fluency: Letter-Sound Mix-Up

In this activity, students will identify the sounds of letters in a timed activity.

Fluency: Word Speed Practice

In this activity, students will quickly read high frequency words on a practice sheet in a timed activity.

Fluency: Word Sprint

In this activity, students will quickly read high-frequency words in a timed activity.

Fluency: Pass the Word

In this activity, students will take turns reading high-frequency word cards in a timed activity.

Phonics: Say and Spell

In this activity, students will read and spell high frequency words.

Phonics: Word Concentration

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a memory game.

Phonics: Jumping Words

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a checker game.

Phonics: Word Crazy

In this activity, students will read high frequency words by playing a card game.

Fluency: Partner Reading

In this activity, students will practice reading fluently by reading teacher-selected text with a partner.

Fluency: Rereading Decodable Text

In this activity, students will practice rereading decodable text with a partner.

Fluency: Speedy Phrases

In this activity, students will read phrases containing high frequency words in a timed activity.

Fluency: Word Climb

In this activity, students will quickly read and match high frequency words on a game board.

Fluency: I Read, You Point

In this activity, students will quickly identify words on word cards as they are read aloud by a partner.

Fluency: Fast Words

In this activity, students will quickly read high frequency words on a practice sheet while being timed.

Fluency: Word Relay

In this activity, students will read high frequency words in a timed activity.

Fluency: Word Family Zoom

In this activity, students will quickly read words in the same word family by doing timed practices.

Fluency: Speedy Rime Words

In this activity, students will quickly read words with the same rime in a timed activity.

Fluency: Letter Flash

In this activity, students will identify letters and their sounds in a timed activity.

Fluency: Fluency Letter Wheel

In this activity, students will say the names and sounds of letters and consonant digraphs on a spinner in a timed activity.

Fluency: Make a Match

In this activity, students will match initial sounds to letters while playing a timed memory game.

Fluency: Hungry Letter Mouse

In this activity, students will quickly write and name the letters of the alphabet. In an extension activity, students will say the sound for each letter.

Phonics: Say and Write Letters

In this activity, students will orally segment words represented by picture cards and write the corresponding letters on spaces in Elkonin boxes.

Phonics: Flip Manipulating Books

In this activity, students will blend sounds to make words while manipulating cards in a binder.

Phonics: Vowel Slide

In this activity, students will blend sounds to make words while manipulating a vowel slide.

Phonics: Silent "e" Changes

In this activity, students will read words with and without the silent "e" pattern.

Phonics: Canned Sort

In this activity, students will read and sort words based on long and short vowel sounds.

Phonics: Word Bowling

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a bowling game.

Phonics: Word Memory Game

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a memory game.

Phonics: Word Baseball

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a baseball game.

Phonics: Word Fishing

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a "fishing" game.

Phonics: Word Checkers

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while they play a checkers game.

Phonics: Sandpaper Words

In this activity, students will read high frequency words.

Phonics: A Digraph A Word

In this activity, students will segment names of pictures into phonemes and use letter tiles to spell each word.

Phonics: Make-A-Word

In this activity, students will segment names of pictures into phonemes and use letters to make each word.

Phonics: Digraph Delight

In this activity, students will make words using digraph and letter spinners.

Phonics: Three-In-One

In this activity, students will use consonant and vowel cards to make words.

Phonics: Letter Cube Blending

In this activity, students will make words using consonant and vowel cubes.

Phonics: Word Steps

In this activity, students will make words by manipulating one letter at a time.

Phonics: Vowel Stars

In this activity, the student will blend sounds of letters to make words.

Phonics: Word Maker Game

In this activity, students will make words using onset and rime cards.

Phonics: Word Roll-A-Rama

In this activity, students will make words using onset and rime cubes.

Phonics: Change-A-Word

In this activity, students will make words by matching and blending onsets and rimes.

Phonics: Word Swat

In this activity, students will make words by matching and blending onsets and rimes.

Phonics: Rime Closed Sort

In this activity, students will sort words by rimes.

Phonics: Say It Now

In this activity, students will make words by selecting various letters (onsets) to complete provided rimes.

Phonics: Picture the Word

In this activity, students select onsets (initial sounds) to complete words using pictures as clues.

Phonics: Onset and Rime Slide

In this activity, students will make words using a variety of onsets (including blends and digraphs) and sliding rime strips (including short, long, and variable vowels). They will also determine if the new word is real or nonsense.

Phonics: Letter-Sound Match

In this activity, students will match initial, final, and medial sounds of words (picture cards) to letters, filling in a missing letter for each word.

Phonics: Where's That Sound

In this activity, students will determine if a sound, represented by a targeted letter, is the initial or final sound in a word.

Phonics: Medial Phoneme Spin

In this activity, students will match medial sounds of words (picture cards) to letters while playing a spinner game. As an extension, students can also match initial or final sounds of words to letters.

Phonics: Letter-Sound Bingo

In this activity, students will match medial sounds of words (picture cards) to letters while playing a game. As an extension, students can also match initial and final sounds of words to letters.

Phonics: Letter-Sound Mobile

In this activity, students will match medial sound picture cards to targeted letters while making a mobile.

Phonics: Letter-Sound Train

In this activity, students will match medial sounds in words to the target letter on a train.

Phonics: Letter-Sound Folder Sort

In this activity, students will match final sound picture cards to letters/letter combinations that represent targeted sounds.

Phonics: Letter Bag

In this activity, the student will match the final sound of a word to the letter that represents that sound. As an extension, the student can also match the initial or medial sound of a word to the corresponding letter.

Phonics: Letter-Sound Dominoes

In this activity, the student will match the initial sound of a word to the letter that represent that sound.

Phonics: Letter-Sound Pyramid

In this activity, students will match final sounds of words to corresponding letters while playing a pyramid game. As an extension, students can also match words with digraphs and vowel teams.

Phonics: Words Around Us Memory Game

In this activity, the student will match the initial sound of a word to the letter that represents that sound.

Phonics: Letter-Sound Place Mats

In this activity, students will select words (images) that have the same initial sound as their names.

Phonics: Photo Chart

In this activity, the student will match the initial sound of a word to the letter that makes that sound.

Phonics: Brown Bag It

In this activity, the student will match the initial sound of a word to the letter that represents that sound.

Phonics: Poetry Pen

In this activity, the student will identify letters of the alphabet within words in nursery rhymes. As an extension, the student may also identify high-frequency words within the text.

Phonics: How Many Words?

In this activity, students will make words using letter tiles containing digraphs and vowel pairs.

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