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Students will learn to recognize words and symbols so that they can navigate in the community and at the workplace. Discuss where, when and why these words and symbols are important to know.
Lesson Objectives
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to: interpret words and signs to navigate in the community, school, or workplace.
Student Target
"I can read and match vocabulary words to signs and symbols."
CCR Standards
Reading Foundational Skills
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. (Phonics and Word Recognition)
Lead CCR Level Specific Standards
Reading Foundational Skills Anchor 3: Level A
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
a. Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.
b. Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
c. Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs.
d. Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
e. Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
f. Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
g. Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word.
h. Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables.
i. Read words with inflectional endings.
j. Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
k. Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
Supporting CCR Level Specific Standards
KYAE Employability Standards
E.3 Model compliance of workplace policies and procedures.
E.6 Identify and effectively use skills and materials needed for a particular task.
E.9 Analyze self-performance to better understand strengths and areas for improvement.
