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.