Phonetic/Structural Analysis Patterns

The curriculum guides provide scripted lessons, guided practice, and independent practice in the following:

• Level A - short vowels, CVC words, s as ending

• Level B - vce words, long vowel pairs, homophones

• Level C - initial/final blends and digraphs, hard/soft c/g, tch,

• Level D - r-controlled vowels, diphthongs, dge, silent letters

• Level E - compound words, suffixes ed/y, variant vowels, doubling rule

• Level F - prefixes/suffixes, rules for syllabication, multi-syllable words with six syllabication patterns

 

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Comprehension Skills/Strategies

The following skills and comprehension strategies are introduced and practiced throughout Levels A-F of the curriculum guides:

• Characters/Character Details/Character Traits

• Recall of Facts/Detail

• Setting

• Predicting/Revising Predictions

• Sequence of Events

• Summarizing

• Visualizing

• Beginning/Middle/End

• Problem/Solution

• Using Conversational Clues

• Using Context Clues

• Cause/Effect

• Main Ideas/Details

• Multiple Meanings

• Locating Information

• Making Inferences

• Author’s Purpose

• Fact vs. Opinion

• Figurative Language and Idioms

• Point of View

• Compare/Contrast

• Text Genres

• Literary Devices- (e.g. Foreshadowing)