| Phonics Skill |
Age |
Description |
Books to facilitate this
skill |
|
Child can recognize letters by name. |
Preschool |
Child can point to
an "A" and call it an "A." |
Alphabet Book
First Picture ABC
First Picture Word Book
First Words |
|
Child can recognize a few letters by
sound. |
Preschool |
Child can point to a "P" and say that it
makes the sound /p/. |
Phonics Board Books
Alphabet Lotto |
|
Child can recognize rhyming sounds and
alliterations in simple words. |
Kindergarten |
Adult asks child to name a word that
sounds like "cat." Child says, "hat." |
Flap Books with rhyming, repetitious stories |
|
Child can identify when the first letter
sound of a word is different from the first letter sound
of another word. |
Kindergarten |
Adult shows a picture of a sock, a sun,
and a boat and asks which picture name begins with a
different sound. Child says, "boat" |
Everyday Words
First 100 Words |
|
Child can blend simple word parts
together to form a word. Child can also distinguish a
lower-case letter from an upper-case letter. |
Kindergarten |
Adult says /k/ /at/ and asks the child
what word has been spelled. Child says, "cat."
|
Phonics Series |
|
Child can blend individual letter sounds
together to form a word. |
Kindergarten/
First Grade |
Adult asks the child what word is made
when these sounds are put together —/k/ /a/ /t/. Child
responds, "cat." |
Farmyard Tales
Readers |
|
Child can segment, or separate, a word
sound by sound. |
First Grade
(Mid – to – late) |
Adult asks the child what sounds make up
the word "cat." Child responds, "/k/ /a/ /t/."
|
Learning Palette |
|
Child understands how changing letters in
a word changes the sounds and the meaning. |
First Grade
(Mid – to – late) |
Child spells '"cat" and when asked is
able to change the "c" to another letter to make a new
word such as "bat." |
Learning Palette
Jobs People Do Series |
|
Child can sound out multisyllabic words. |
Grades 3–6 |
Child can sound out the words sometimes. |
Young Reading Series 1 |
|
Child can use prefixes, suffixes, and
Greek and Latin roots to sound out and define new words |
Grades 3–6 |
Child can sound out words by recognizing
prefixes, suffixes and roots. |
True Adventure
Stories
Chapter Books & Classics |
