Standards

Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations
R E A D I N G Word Recognition and Word Study
Phonemic Awareness Students will… R.WS.00.01 demonstrate phonemic awareness by the wide range of sound manipulation
competencies including sound blending and deletion.
R.WS.00.02 recognize that words are composed of sounds blended together and carry
meaning.
Phonics
Students will…
R.WS.00.03 understand the alphabetic principle, that sounds in words are expressed
by the letters of the alphabet.
R.WS.00.04 use grapho-phonemic (letter-sound) cues to recognize a few one-syllable
words when presented completely out of context. Begin to associate letters and sounds, particularly initial and fi nal consonants.
Word Recognition
Students will…
R.WS.00.05 automatically recognize a small number (about 18) of frequently
encountered, personally meaningful words in print.
R.WS.00.06 make progress in automatically recognizing a few of the 220 Dolch basic
sight words.
R.WS.00.07 follow familiar written text while pointing to matching words.
R.WS.00.08 narrow possibilities in predicting words using initial letters/sounds
(phonics), patterns of language (syntactic), and picture clues (semantic).
R.WS.00.09 know the meanings of words encountered frequently in grade-level
reading and oral language contexts.
Vocabulary
Students will…
R.WS.00.10 in context, determine the meaning of a few words, familiar and repeated
phrases including objects, actions, concepts, content vocabulary, and literary terms, using strategies and resources including picture clues, prediction, and other people.
Fluency
Students will…
R.FL.00.01 automatically apply the following aspects of fl uency: naming of letters,
association of letters and their sounds, recognition of a few words both when encountered in context and isolation, and demonstrating understanding of concepts of print.