Oral reading demonstrates understanding of punctuation. Teacher provides examples, compare and discuss written language structures. Teacher provides opportunities for practice through guided and creative writing. Teacher provides explicit instruction and models correct use of punctuation through oral reading. Teacher observation, maintain portfolios of student work.
Students answer questions designed to evaluate understanding of written language structures.
Teacher observation of student oral reading. Sight Vocabulary Automatically read 150 high frequency words. Word Families Recognize word family patterns Students read provided word lists. Students read high frequency words in stories and other text. Use knowledge of basic syllable rules to decode words.