Level K

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Level K of Fundations® will set a very strong foundation for reading and writing. Teachers should combine Fundations with a wide variety of text experiences, and expose students to poetry, narrative and informational text.

 By the end of Level K, students will be able to: 

• Recognize and produce rhyming words
• Segment words in an oral sentence
• Segment words into syllables
• Segment and pronounce initial, medial and final phonemes in spoken CVC words
• Manipulate phonemes with additions or substitutions in one-syllable words
• Name all letters of the alphabet
• Write all manuscript letters in lowercase and uppercase
• Sequence letters of the alphabet
• Fluently produce sounds of consonants (primary) and short vowels when given the letter
• Fluently produce sounds for basic digraphs (wh, sh, ch, th, ck)
• Name and write corresponding letter(s) when given sounds for consonants, consonant digraphs, and short vowels
• Distinguish long and short vowel sounds within words
• Read and spell approximately 200 CVC words
• Spell other words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships
• Identify 75% of first 100 high frequency words, including 25-30 irregular (trick words) such as the, was, of
• Identify and name correct punctuation at end of sentence
• Capitalize words at beginning of sentences and names of people
• Name the author and illustrator of a story and define their roles
• Explain narrative story structure including character, setting and main events
• Use a combination of drawing and dictating to narrate linked events to tell about a story in sequence
• Re-tell key details of narrative and informational text, using pictures or prompts as a guide
• Identify characters, settings and main events in a story, with pictures or other prompts
• Describe what happened in a story when given a specific illustration
• With prompts, compare and contrast the experiences of characters in two stories
• Explain difference between narrative and informational text
• Echo-read a passage with correct phrasing and expression
• Identify and explain new meanings for familiar words and newly taught words
• Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities