La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CLXIX-505

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section CLXIX-505 - Reading Foundations

A. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

1. Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).

B. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

1. Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.

2. Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.

3. Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.

4. Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).

C. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

1. Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs.

2. Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

3. Know final /-e/ and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

4. Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word.

5. Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables.

6. Read words with inflectional endings.

7. Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.

D. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

1. Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.

2. Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

3. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CLXIX-505

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 421022 (7/1/2016).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6, R.S. 17: 24.4, and R.S. 17:154.