Pre-Kindergarten
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100

When Jenny can explain what the Very Hungry Caterpillar ate first on Monday, next on Tuesday. 

What is sequencing in the comprehension component?

100
When Jessica knows the sounds of vowels and can match them to the letters.

What are vowel sounds in the phonics component of literacy?

100

When Marie makes a connection to the time she had to move during whole group for talking when Ms. Green reads the story, "Lily and the Purple Plastic Purse."

What is reflection in the comprehension component of literacy?

100

Will understands the root "rupt" means to break in the words "erupt," "disrupt," "corrupt," and "interrupt."

What are root words in the vocabulary component of literacy?

100

When Ginny can tell you the order of everything the boy had to do for the mouse in "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie."

What is retelling in the comprehension component of literacy?

200

When Alex can name 22 letters and sounds in 60 seconds.

What is letter naming in fluency?

200

When Bella knows how to read the 6 sight words, "go," "mom," "dad," "like," "the," "my."

What are sight words in the vocabulary component of literacy?

200

When Oliver can put a /s/ at the beginning of /top/ to make the word /stop/.

What is addition in the phonemic component of literacy?

200

Connor knows that while volcanoes are the main idea of his non-fiction books of volcanoes, he recognizes descriptions of lava, plumes, and magma are supporting ideas.

What are support facts in non-fiction in the comprehension component of literacy?

200

When Amanda can tell you the sounds of /th/, /sh/,/ch/, and /ph/

What are digraphs in the phonics component of literacy?

300

When Nathen can explain that the problem in the Cat in the Hat was the big mess, and the solution was Thing 1 and Thing 2 cleaning it up.

What are the story elements in the comprehension component of literacy?

300

When Jason can break up the word fun into the sounds /f/ /u/ /n/.

What is the segmentation stage of phonemic awareness?

300

When Selena can tell you that the message of the "The Little Red Hen," is that you should help out.

What is reflection in the comprehension component of literacy?

300

When Jeniah tells you that Wemberly Worried grew in her ability to manage her anxiety in Kevin Henkes's book, Wemberly Worried.

What is interpretation in the comprehension component of literacy?

300

When Joyce can tell you the separate sounds in the word /vest/ are /v/ /e/ /s/ /t/.

What is segmentation in the phonemic awareness component of literacy?

400

When Rashida can put /rain/ and /bow/ to make the word rainbow.

What is blending in the phonemic awareness component of literacy?

400

When Aihd can replace the the word "high" of "highway" with "drive" to come up with the word "driveway."

What is substitution in the phonemic awareness component of literacy?

400

When Jamal can blend the letters "fr" and "o," and "g" to make "frog" and "st" and "e," and "p" to make "step."

What is the CCVC stage of the phonics component of literacy?

400

When Noah reads Captain Underpants aloud with expression and phrasing

What is prosody in the fluency component of literacy?

400

Mrs. Morton uses a Frayer model to teach the word "expedition."

What is explicit instruction in the vocabulary component of literacy?