Name:

Foundational Reading Skills

I can:

I am learning to:

I need to learn:

I can find the first word in

a sentence by myself.
I can find ending
punctuation in a sentence
by myself.
I can find capitalized
letters by myself.
I can tell the difference in
long and short vowels in
spoken one-syllable words
by myself.

I am learning to find the

first word in a sentence.
I am learning to find
ending punctuation in a
sentence.
I am learning to find
capitalized letters.
I am learning to tell the
difference in long and
short vowels in spoken
one-syllable words by
myself.
I am learning to blend
sounds to say one-syllable
words.
I am learning to isolate and
say the first sound in
spoken one-syllable words.

I need to learn to find the

first word in a sentence.
I need to learn to find
ending punctuation in a
sentence.
I need to learn to find
capitalized letters.
I need to learn to tell the
difference in long and short
vowels in spoken onesyllable words by myself.

I am learning to isolate and

say the middle vowel
sound in spoken onesyllable words.
I am learning to isolate and
say the final vowel sound
in spoken one-syllable
words.
I am learning to segment
spoken one-syllable words
into individual sounds.

I need to learn to isolate

and say the middle vowel
sound in spoken onesyllable words.
I need to learn to isolate
and say the final vowel
sound in spoken onesyllable words.
I need to learn to segment
spoken one-syllable words
into individual sounds.

I am learning to decode
regularly spelled onesyllable words.

I need to learn to decode

regularly spelled onesyllable words.

I can blend sounds to say

one-syllable words by
myself.
I can isolate and say the
first sound in spoken onesyllable words by myself.
I can isolate and say the
middle vowel sound in
spoken one-syllable words
by myself.
I can isolate and say the
final vowel sound in
spoken one-syllable words
by myself.
I can segment spoken
one-syllable words into
individual sounds by
myself.
I can decode regularly
spelled one-syllable words
by myself.

I need to learn to blend

sounds to say one-syllable
words.
I need to learn to isolate
and say the first sound in
spoken one-syllable words.

I know the spelling-sound

correspondence for
common two letters that
represent one sound
(diagraphs) by myself.

I am learning the spellingsound correspondence for

common two letters that
represent one sound
(diagraphs).

I need to learn the spellingsound correspondence for

common two letters that
represent one sound
(diagraphs).

I know the final e on the

end of the word makes
the vowel say its name by
myself.
I know common vowel
teams that make a vowel
say its name by myself.
I know that every syllable
must have a vowel by
myself.
I can decode two-syllable
words by breaking them
into syllables by myself.
I can read gradeappropriate irregularly
spelled words by myself.

I am learning that the final

e on the end of the word
makes the vowel say its
name.
I am learning common
vowel teams that make a
vowel say its name.
I am learning that every
syllable must have a
vowel.
I am learning to decode
two-syllable words by
breaking them into
syllables.
I am learning to read
grade-appropriate
irregularly spelling words.

I need to learn that the

final e on the end of the
word makes the vowel say
its name.
I need to learn common
vowel teams that make a
vowel say its name.
I need to learn that every
syllable must have a
vowel.
I need to learn to decode
two-syllable words by
breaking them into
syllables.
I need to learn to read
grade-appropriate
irregularly spelling words.

I can read on-level text

with purpose and
understanding by myself.

I am learning to read onlevel text with purpose and

understanding.

I need to learn to read onlevel text with purpose and

understanding.

I can read on-level text

aloud with accuracy on
successive readings by
myself.
I can read on-level text
aloud with appropriate
rate on successive
readings by myself.
I can read on-level text
aloud with expression on
successive readings by
myself.
I can use context to
confirm or self-correct
word recognition and
understanding, rereading
as necessary by myself.

I am learning to read onlevel text aloud with

accuracy on successive
readings.
I am learning to read onlevel text aloud with
appropriate rate on
successive readings.
I am learning to read onlevel text aloud with
expression on successive
readings.
I am learning to use
context to confirm or selfcorrect word recognition
and understanding,
rereading as necessary.

I need to learn to read onlevel text aloud with

accuracy on successive
readings.
I need to learn to read onlevel text aloud with
appropriate rate on
successive readings.
I need to learn to read onlevel text aloud with
expression on successive
readings.
I need to learn to use
context to confirm or selfcorrect word recognition
and understanding,
rereading as necessary.

Modified from Common Core:

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