Single Letter Sounds
PROCEDURALKnow the primary sound for each consonant and the short and long sounds for the five major vowels; respond speedily to single-letter graphemes
Mastery Evidence
- Say the most common sound for each consonant when shown the letter
- Distinguish short vowel sounds in CVC words (e.g. /a/ in 'cat' vs /e/ in 'bed')
- Associate long and short vowel sounds with common single-letter spellings
Assessment Prompt
“Can [child] look at a letter and quickly say its sound — like 's' makes /s/, 'a' can make a short /a/ as in 'apple' or a long /ā/ as in 'cake'?”
Curriculum Standards6 alignments
RF.K.3.aCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsDemonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.
RF.K.3.bCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsAssociate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
Eng_App1_Y1_01The national curriculum in EnglandRevision of work covered in Reception: all letters of the alphabet and the sounds which they most commonly represent.
Eng_App1_Y1_07The national curriculum in EnglandThe sounds /f/, /l/, /s/, /z/ and /k/ spelt ff, ll, ss, zz and ck.
Eng_App1_Y1_08The national curriculum in EnglandThe /ŋ/ sound spelt n before k.
Eng_Y1_RWR_02The national curriculum in EnglandRespond speedily with the correct sound to graphemes (letters or groups of letters) for all 40+ phonemes, including, where applicable, alternative sounds for graphemes.
Unlocks7
- Consonant DigraphshardAges 4—7
- R-Controlled Vowel SoundshardAges 5—6
- Segmenting words into soundshardAges 4—7
- Vowel DigraphshardAges 4—7
- Blending Sounds to Read WordshardAges 4—7
- Alternative Spellings for Known SoundshardAges 6—8
- Alternative Spellings for SoundshardAges 6—9