Foundations for Reading

Virginia SOL 2.FFR.3

Phonics and Word Analysis: The student will apply phonetic principles to read and spell words.

What students need to be able to do

  • Decode and encode words with short vowels to include blends, digraphs, and trigraphs in closed syllables (CVCC, CCVC, CVCC, CCVCC, and CCVCCC) and open syllables (CV, CCV).
  • Decode and encode words with vowel teams and r-controlled vowels.
  • Use knowledge of syllabication and syllable types to decode words.
  • Use knowledge of affixes (e.g., suffixes, prefixes) to decode words.
  • Read grade-level high frequency words, including decodable and irregular words, with automaticity and accuracy.