Phonemic+Awareness,+Word+Recognition+and+Fluency

Phonemic Awareness, Word Recognition and Fluency //Students in the primary grades learn to recognize and decode printed words, developing the skills that are the foundations for independent reading. They discover the alphabetic principle (sound-symbol match) and learn to use it in figuring out new words. They build a stock of sight words that helps them to read quickly and accurately with comprehension. By the end of third grade, they demonstrate fluent oral reading, varying their intonation and timing as// //appropriate for the text.//  Grade 2 Benchmarks and Indicators A. Use letter-sound correspondence knowledge and structural analysis to decode words. B. Demonstrate fluent oral reading, using sight words and decoding skills, varying intonation and timing as appropriate for text.

1. Identify rhyming words with the same or different spelling patterns. 2. Read regularly spelled multi-syllable words by sight. 3. Blend phonemes (sounds) of letters and syllables to read unknown words with one or more syllables. 4. Use knowledge of common word families (e.g., -ite or -ate) to sound out unfamiliar words. 5. Segment letter, letter blends and syllable sounds in words. 6. Distinguish and identify the beginning, middle and ending sounds in words. 7. Identify words as having either short- or long-vowel sounds. 8. Demonstrate a growing stock of sight words. 9. Read text using fluid and automatic decoding skills. 10. Read passages fluently with appropriate changes in voice, timing and expression.