Web resources for  these reading skills are listed in the Reading Links section.

1. First Quarter Skills
2. Second Quarter Skills
3. Third Quarter Skills
4. Fourth Quarter Skills

First Quarter Skills

Hears and gives rhyming words 
Recognizes uppercase and lowercase letters
Knows all consonant sounds
Decodes one syllable words
Blends one syllable words
Reads books at home and returns booklists 
Reads on grade level (based on STAR-EL Test)
Recognizes the first group of 25 sight words on the district list

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Second Quarter Skills

Recognizes short vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u)
Recognizes long vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u)
Reads words with consonant blends
  bl  cl  fl  gl  pl  
  br  cr  dr  fr  gr  pr  tr
  sc  sk  sl  sm  sn  sp  spr  st  str
Reads words with digraphs
  ch  sh  th  wh  qu
Understands what is read (comprehension)
Participates in writing activities 
Writes simple sentences 
Uses capital letters correctly (beginning of sentence and names) in writing
  activities
Uses end punctuation marks (period, question mark, exclamation point) in 
  writing sentences
Spells three- and four-letter words correctly
Reads books at home and returns booklists 
Reads on grade level (based on STAR-EL Test)
Recognizes the second group of 25 sight words on the district list

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Third Quarter Skills

Reads words with special vowel sounds
Adds or deletes a letter sound to change a word
Reads words fluently
Uses strategies to understand what is read (comprehension)
Identifies parts of a book
Recognizes and uses nouns
Recognizes and uses verbs
Recognizes and uses adjectives
Uses capitalization in writing
Uses end punctuation marks (period, question mark, exclamation point) in 
  writing sentences
Spells three- and four-letter words correctly
Reads books at home and returns booklists 
Reads on grade level (based on STAR-EL and STAR Tests)
Recognizes the third group of 25 sight words on the district list

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Fourth Quarter Skills

Reads words with diphthongs
Blends/decodes two-syllable words
Recognizes compound words
Recognizes contractions
Recognizes and uses inflectional endings (-s, -es, -ing, -ed)
Alphabetizes to the first letter
Reads and follows simple directions
Understands what is read (comprehension)
Shares writing with the class
Spells three- and four-letter words correctly
Reads books at home and returns booklists 
Reads on grade level (based on STAR-EL and STAR Tests)
Recognizes the fourth group of 25 sight words on the district list

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