By Valerie Reinbold

Language Arts Curriculum: PA Common Core with “Fundations” and “Journeys”

Phonics: Comprehension Strategies:

-Short vowels/Long vowels - Main Idea and Details

- Consonant Blends - Sequence of Events

-R-controlled Vowels - Story Elements

-Vowel Pairs - Compare and Contrast

- Plurals - Author’s Purpose

- Verb Endings - Point of View

- Compound Words - Drawing Conclusions

- Prefixes/Suffixes - Predicting/ Inferencing

- Contractions

-Digraphs

Decoding Strategies: using pictures* rereading* word

families* checking letter sounds* sight words* finding

known chunks* flipping vowel sound

** Sight words** - Our program includes a combination of

irregularly spelled words and high-frequency words.

Our program includes practice of these skills in whole class

instruction and small group instruction (students are grouped by their reading levels).

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