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The Standard
spelling words using sound-spelling patterns
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading · The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students listen for each sound in a word and write the letter or letter team that represents it. They use familiar patterns, including short vowels and digraphs, when spelling.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can segment a spoken one-syllable word and spell it with a taught pattern. The student can identify which letters represent each sound and apply the same pattern to a new word.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may write one letter for a two-letter spelling, such as s for sh, or confuse short vowel sounds. They may omit middle or final sounds, reverse sounds, or rely on letter names instead of spoken sounds.
How to Assess It
- Say the words ship, chat, and frog. Students write each word and draw a dot under each sound-spelling part.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give students letter tiles and picture cards, then have them build, read, and write words such as ship, chat, and frog.
Ask, "How would you spell chop, and what known word or pattern helps you?" Students explain, then write their answer.
Play Pattern Sort: students draw word cards, read each word, and place it under headings such as short a, sh, or ch.
Have students write labels for classroom objects or a pretend grocery list, then circle sound patterns they used.
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