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Decode & Encode Words

1st Grade

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 1.2.E*

isolate initial, medial, and final sounds in one-syllable spoken words; and

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 1.2.F*

segment spoken one-syllable words of three to five phonemes into individual phonemes (e.g., splat =/s/p/l/a/t/).

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 1.3.A*

decode words in context and in isolation by applying common letter-sound correspondences, including: (i) single letters (consonants) including b, c=/k/, c=/s/, d, f, g=/g/ (hard), g=/j/ (soft), h, j, k, l, m, n, p, qu=/kw/, r, s=/s/, s=/z/, t, v, w, x=/ks/, y, and z; (ii) single letters (vowels) including short a, short e, short i, short o, short u, long a (a-e), long e (e), long i (i-e), long o (o-e), long u (u-e), y=long e, and y=long i; (iii) consonant blends (e.g., bl, st); (iv) consonant digraphs including ch, tch, sh, th=as in thing, wh, ng, ck, kn, -dge, and ph; (v) vowel digraphs including oo as in foot, oo as in moon, ea as in eat, ea as in bread, ee, ow as in how, ow as in snow, ou as in out, ay,ai, aw, au, ew, oa, ie as in chief, ie as in pie, and -igh; and (vi) vowel diphthongs including oy, oi, ou, and ow;

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 1.3.B*

combine sounds from letters and common spelling patterns (e.g., consonant blends, long- and short-vowel patterns) to create recognizable words;

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 1.3.C*

use common syllabication patterns to decode words, including: (i) closed syllable (CVC) (e.g., mat, rab-bit); (ii) open syllable (CV) (e.g., he, ba-by); (iii) final stable syllable (e.g., ap-ple, a-ble); (iv) vowel-consonant-silent "e" words (VCe) (e.g., kite, hide); (v) vowel digraphs and diphthongs (e.g., boy-hood, oat-meal); and (vi) r-controlled vowel sounds (e.g., tar); including er, ir, ur, ar, and or);

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 1.3.D*

decode words with common spelling patterns (e.g., -ink, -onk, -ick);
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