The student will continue to expand and use speaking vocabularies. Increase oral descriptive vocabulary. Begin to ask for clarification and explanation of words and ideas. Use singular and plural nouns. Begin to use compound words in oral communication.
Blend sounds to make word parts and words with one to three syllables.
The student will write to communicate ideas. Edit writing for simple conventions of grammar, capitalization, and punctuation, and for spelling. Use complete and grammatically correct sentences in final copies. Begin each sentence with a capital letter and use ending punctuation in final copies. Use correct spelling for frequently used words and phonetically regular words in final copies.