TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(A)

Knowledge & Skills 110.3(b)(2)

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--beginning reading and writing

The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell. The student is expected to:

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Other expectations under 110.3(b)(2)

• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(A)(i) producing a series of rhyming words;
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(A)(ii) recognizing spoken alliteration or groups of words that begin with the same spoken onset or initial sound;
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(A)(iii) distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds in one-syllable words;
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(A)(iv) recognizing the change in spoken word when a specified phoneme is added, changed, or removed;
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(A)(v) blending spoken phonemes to form one-syllable words, including initial and/or final consonant blends;
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(A)(vi) manipulating phonemes within base words; and
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(A)(vii) segmenting spoken one-syllable words of three to five phonemes into individual phonemes, including words with initial and/or final consonant blends;
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(B) demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(B)(i) decoding words in isolation and in context by applying common letter sound correspondences;
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(B)(ii) decoding words with initial and final consonant blends, digraphs, and trigraphs;
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(B)(iii) decoding words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including vowel digraphs and diphthongs; and r-controlled syllables;
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(B)(iv) using knowledge of base words to decode common compound words and contractions;
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(B)(v) decoding words with inflectional endings, including -ed, -s, and -es; and
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(B)(vi) identifying and reading at least 100 high-frequency words from a research-based list;
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(C) demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(C)(i) spelling words with closed syllables, open syllables, VCe syllables, vowel teams, and r-controlled syllables;
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(C)(ii) spelling words with initial and final consonant blends, digraphs, and trigraphs;
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(C)(iii) spelling words using sound-spelling patterns; and
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(C)(iv) spelling high-frequency words from a research-based list;
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(D) demonstrate print awareness by identifying the information that different parts of a book provide;
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(E) alphabetize a series of words to the first or second letter and use a dictionary to find words; and
• TEKS 110.3(b)(2)(F) develop handwriting by printing words, sentences, and answers legibly leaving appropriate spaces between words.

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