Use knowledge of grade-appropriate phonics and word-analysis skills to decode words accurately.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the most frequent sound for each consonant.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the short and long sounds for the five major vowels.
- Decode consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
- Encode consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
Clarifications
Clarification 1: Phonics refers to the relationship between graphemes (letters or letter combinations) and phonemes (speech sounds).Clarification 2: Students will decode decodable high frequency words appropriate to the grade level. See K.F.1.4 and Dolch and Fry word lists. Students will read grade-level appropriate high frequency words, decodable or not, with automaticity.
General Information
Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.)
Grade: K
Strand: Foundational Skills
Date Adopted or Revised: 08/20
Status: State Board Approved
Related Courses
This benchmark is part of these courses.
5010020: Basic Skills in Reading-K-2 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2021, 2021 and beyond (current))
5010030: Functional Basic Skills in Communications-Elementary (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5010041: Language Arts - Kindergarten (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2021, 2021 and beyond (current))
7710011: Access Language Arts - Kindergarten (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5010022: Functional Reading Skills K-2 (Specifically in versions: 2021 and beyond (current))
5010026: Functional Reading Skills 3-5 (Specifically in versions: 2021 and beyond (current))
5010011: English for Speakers of Other Languages Kindergarten (Specifically in versions: 2021 and beyond (current))
Related Access Points
Alternate version of this benchmark for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
ELA.K.F.1.AP.3a: Demonstrate knowledge of the most frequent sound for consonants.
ELA.K.F.1.AP.3b: Demonstrate knowledge of the short and long sounds for the five major vowels.
ELA.K.F.1.AP.3c: Decode consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
ELA.K.F.1.AP.3d: Encode consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
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