Virginia SOL 1.FFR.3.B
The Standard
Decode and encode words with long vowels, open syllables, (CV, CCV) and vowelconsonant-e (CVCE, CCVCE).
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Phonics and Word Analysis: The student will apply phonetic principles to read and spell words
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read and spell words with long vowel sounds. They recognize open syllables in words like me and she, and final silent e in words like cake and smile.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students accurately read familiar and unfamiliar words such as he, she, bike, and grape. They spell these patterns with the correct vowel and final silent e when needed.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may read the vowel as short in words like me, go, or cake. They may pronounce final e, omit it when spelling, or drop a consonant from blends like gr in grape.
How to Assess It
- Ask each student to read me, no, cake, bike, and smile. Then dictate go, home, and plate for the student to spell.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Have students use letter tiles to build and change pairs such as cap and cape, kit and kite, and hop and hope.
Ask students to explain in writing why the vowels sound different in hop, hope, me, and men.
Play word sort bingo using open-syllable words, silent-e words, and short-vowel distractors.
Give students a grocery flyer and have them circle long-vowel words such as rice, lime, grape, and milk, then explain each choice.
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