Phonics and Word Recognition
The students will learn to recognize and distinguish between long and short vowel sounds when reading and writing c-v-c and silent -e one syllable words. The students will continue to build on their sight vocabulary, adding words and increasing recall when reading and writing new sight words.
Note: This unit should be paired with the ELA Units which focus on the applications of print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics, word recognition and building fluency in reading and writing. It is essential that these skills are not taught in isolation, but applied within students reading and writing.
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Essential Outcomes
Reading Foundations: Phonics and Word Recognition
- 2RF3: Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
- 2RF3a: Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words (including common vowel teams).
- 2RF3b: Decode short and long vowel sounds in two-syllable words.
- 2RF3c: Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words.
- 2RF3d: Recognize and identify root words and common suffixes and prefixes.
- 2RF3e: Read all common high-frequency words by sight.
Essential Questions and Big Ideas
- How do readers and writers decode and spell new words?
- Readers and writers use their understanding of consonant sounds, vowel sounds and syllable types to decode and spell new words
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