Kentucky Reading and Writing L.K.2

L.K.2 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• L.K.2.d

  Spell consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words, and attempt to spell simple words drawing on knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students use a capital at the start of a sentence and for I. They name periods, question marks, and exclamation points. They write letters for consonant and short vowel sounds, spell words like cat, and try spelling other short words by sound.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student writes 'The cat and I hop.' with capitals in the right places and a period. They can name each end mark and spell words like sun and map by listening for each sound.

03

Common Misconceptions

Some children capitalize every word or leave I lowercase in the middle of a sentence. Others call every end mark a period. They may write 'ct' for cat because they miss the middle vowel sound.

04

How to Assess It

Dictate 'The cat and I hop.' Have students write it, then point to cards showing ., ?, and ! and name each mark.

1. 01

   Give students letter tiles to build cat, change c to h to make hat, then write both words and underline the vowel.

2. 02

   Write 'the dog and i ran' on the board; ask, 'Which letters need capitals, and which mark belongs at the end?'

3. 03

   Read 'Can it hop', 'It can hop', and 'Wow, it can hop' aloud; have pairs choose an end mark for each.

4. 04

   Have students make a classroom helper sign that says 'I can help.' and check the capitals and period.

• L.4.2

  The 4th Grade version of this standard.

• L.2.2

  The 2nd Grade version of this standard.

• L.1.2

  The 1st Grade version of this standard.

• L.3.2

  The 3rd Grade version of this standard.