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2025/2026.
FoundationalkReadingkSkillsk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
phonemickawarenesskskills,kphonicskskills,krecognitionkofkhigh-
frequencykwords,ksyllabicationkskills,kmorphemickanalysiskskills,kautomaticity,kreadingkfl
uency
Phonemickawarenesskneedsk(evidence)k-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Studentkdoesknotkaccuratelyksegmentkwordskbykeachkindividualkphoneme
Examplek-ksegmentingkfrogkaskf-o-gkinsteadkofkf-r-o-g
Phonemickawarenesskneedsk(strategies)k-kCORRECTkANSWER--
kTeacherkmodelingkandkscaffoldedkguidedkpractice
-kElkoninkboxes
Phonicsksupportkneedsk(evidence)k-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Studentkdoesknotkassociatekthekcorrectksoundkwithkletterkorkletterkcombination
Examplesk-
kmispronouncingkconsonantksounds,kvowel ksoundsk(shortkorklong),kblends,korkdigraphs
Phonicsksupportkneedsk(strategies)k-kCORRECTkANSWER--kWordksorts
-kExplicitkphonicskinstructionk(ex.k-
kinkaktext, kcoverkpartskofkwordskwithktargetedkphonicskpatternskwithkakstickyknotekandkpr
omptkstudentsktokdeterminekwhatkletterskarekcoveredkbasedkonktheksound(s)kheardkinkt
hekword)
sightkwordkautomaticitykneedsk(evidence)k-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Studentkdoesknotkrecognizekhigh-frequencykgrade-
levelkwordskthatkdoknotkfollowkstandardkphonicskrulesk(of,kwas,kthe,ksaid,ketc.)
, sightkwordkautomaticitykneedsk(strategies)k-kCORRECTkANSWER--
kPracticekwithkflashcardsk(studentskcankhavektheirkownkpersonal ksetkbasedkonksightkwo
rdkassessment)
-kProvidekwordkwalls
-kPracticekreadingkinkcontextk(sightkwordskunderlinedkinksimpleksentences)
decodingkmultisyllabickwordsk(evidence)k-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Studentkpronounceskonlykpartkofkakmultisyllabickwordkcorrectly
Examplesk-
kStudentkpronouncesk"mistake"kask"missake,"korkvocalizeskthekfirstk"r"ksoundkink"surpris
e."
decodingkmultisyllabickwordsk(strategies)k-kCORRECTkANSWER--
kTeachkstudentksyllabicationkandkthek6ksyllablektypesk(open,kclosed,kvowel kdigraph/diph
thong,kr-controlled,kVCe,kfinalk-le)
-Usekfoldables,kcutkandkpastekactivities,kandksyllableksorts
-Teachkstudentskhowktokrecognizekandkannotatekwordskaccordingktoktheirksyllablektype
Decodingkmultisyllabickwordskwithkrootskandkaffixesk(evidence)k-kCORRECTkANSWER-
Studentkleaveskoffkorkmispronounceskprefixeskorksuffixeskinkwords
Examplesk-
kStudentkpronouncingk"biggest"kask"biggs,"korkakstudentkomittingkakwordkpart,ksaying,k"
bad"kinsteadkofk"badly."
Decodingkmultisyllabickwordskwithkrootskandkaffixesk(strategies)k-
kCORRECT kANSWER--
kReviewkmorphologyk(wordkformation)kandkproperkpronunciation
-Createkakwordkpartktreekwithkstudentskforkcommonkterms
-Havekstudentskcreatektheirkownkwordsk(realkorkfake)kusingkwordkparts
generalkgoodkteachingkstrategykforkwordkidentificationk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
isolatekspecifickskillkthekstudentkneedskandkprovidekrepeatedkpractice
Needskrelatedktokwordkanalysisk-kCORRECTkANSWER-
phonemickawarenesskskills,kphonicsksupport,ksightkwordkautomaticity,kdecodingkmultisyl
labickwords,kandkdecodingkmultisyllabickwordskwithkrootskandkaffixes