2.2
Knowledge and Skills Statement (Standard Cluster)
The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
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Student Expectations in This Statement
2.2 is a knowledge and skills statement. These are the student expectations under it.
- 2.2.A.i
producing a series of rhyming words
- 2.2.A.ii
distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds in one-syllable and multi-syllable words
- 2.2.A.iii
recognizing the change in spoken word when a specified phoneme is added, changed, or removed
- 2.2.A.iv
manipulating phonemes within base words
- 2.2.B.i
decoding words with short, long, or variant vowels, trigraphs, and blends
- 2.2.B.ii
decoding words with silent letters such as knife and gnat
- 2.2.B.iii
decoding multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and f...
- 2.2.B.iv
decoding compound words, contractions, and common abbreviations
- 2.2.B.v
decoding words using knowledge of syllable division patterns such as VCCV, VCV, and VCCCV
- 2.2.B.vi
decoding words with prefixes, including un-, re-, and dis-, and inflectional endings, including -s, -es, -ed, -ing, -er, and -est
- 2.2.B.vii
identifying and reading high-frequency words from a research-based list
- 2.2.C.i
spelling one-syllable and multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled...
- 2.2.C.ii
spelling words with silent letters such as knife and gnat
- 2.2.C.iii
spelling compound words, contractions, and common abbreviations
- 2.2.C.iv
spelling multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns
- 2.2.C.v
spelling words using knowledge of syllable division patterns, including words with double consonants in the middle of the word
- 2.2.C.vi
spelling words with prefixes, including un-, re-, and dis-, and inflectional endings, including -s, -es, -ed, -ing, -er, and -est
- 2.2.D
alphabetize a series of words and use a dictionary or glossary to find words
- 2.2.E
develop handwriting by accurately forming all cursive letters using appropriate strokes when connecting letters.
Teacher's field guide
What This Cluster Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students hear, compare, and change sounds in spoken words, including rhymes and vowel sounds. They decode and spell unfamiliar words using sound-spelling patterns, syllable types, word parts, and shortened forms. They also read common words, alphabetize, use a dictionary or glossary, and write connected cursive clearly.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can change one sound in a spoken word and tell how the word changed. The student reads and spells one-syllable and multisyllabic words by dividing them into useful chunks, including prefixes and endings. The student reads common words quickly, uses reference tools, and forms connected cursive letters accurately.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may count letters instead of sounds, or think a long vowel is simply held longer. They may pronounce silent letters, divide syllables incorrectly, or miss spelling changes when adding -ed or -ing. They may compare only the first letter when alphabetizing, or omit punctuation in contractions and abbreviations.
How to Assess It
- Give this exit ticket: say smile without /s/; read knife and sunset; spell rereading; alphabetize grape, grass, and green; then write “We play.” in connected cursive.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Use counters and letter tiles to change map to mop to top, then sort word cards into closed, open, VCe, and vowel-team columns.
Ask, “How did you decode rereading?” and have students mark the prefix, base word, suffix, vowels, and syllable breaks.
Play Word Detective: teams draw a card, read or spell it, name its syllable pattern, and earn a point for evidence.
Students alphabetize classroom supply names, find each in a child dictionary, then write three labels in connected cursive for the supply shelf.
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