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PSRC K-2 Reading Guide

Vocabulary/Word Building Skills

Grade Level Words
·  PSRC-K
·  PSRC-1
·  PSRC-2 / Basic Sight Words
·  Pre-Primer
·  Primer
·  Dolch
·  Story “The Best Thing In The World”
Consonant Sounds(Position)
·  Initial
·  Middle
·  Ending
·  Digraphs – two consonants when used together make a single sound- th, sh, ch, wh, ph, gh, ck
·  Blends – two or three consonant letters pronounced rapidly one after the other cr, sn, sl, dr, fl / Vowel Sounds Do not say their name
·  Short… - apple
- egg
- it
- ox
- up
* When the vowels are taught, y should be included with the long vowels: my, try, baby, candy.
Long i/e
*Only in a few words such as gypsy…
Short i
·  Long…- cake
- leaf
- tie
- hose
- cute
·  Vowels + r… Vowels are neither long nor short. They are affected and changed by r
- car
- her
-fir
- for
- fur
·  Irregular vowel diagraphs…
- great
- friend
Dipthongs… A slurring together of two vowel letters – oi, oy, ou, ow
- oil
- boy
- loud
- cow / Word Families/Phonograms… Ending on which a word family can be built….
-at/bat
-et/get
-it/fit
-ot/got
-ut/but
Special Sounds …au, aw, oo, ew
-taught
-straw
-cook
-zoo
-few / ABC Recognition
·  26 letters
-picture representation
Plurals… more than one
·  s, x, sh, ch- words ending in these letters form a plural by adding es
-dresses
-brushes
-foxes
-lunches
·  Words ending in y preceded by a vowel are formed plural by adding s
-day/days
-toy/toys
·  Words ending in y preceded by a consonant are formed plural by changing the y to i and adding es
-baby/babies
-lady/ladies
-party/parties / Rhyming Words
·  you/who
·  all/Paul
·  Jane/rain
·  three/we
Compound Words
·  some/one
·  sun/flower
·  cow/boy / Contractions
·  n’t/cannot- can’t
·  ‘m/I am- I’m
·  ‘ll/she will- she’ll
·  ‘s/it is- it’s
·  ‘ve/we have- we’ve
·  ‘re/they are- they’re
Inflected Endings … s, ed, ing
·  looks/looked/looking
·  walks/walked/walking
·  opens/opened/opening / Opposites
·  up/down
·  high/low
·  wet/dry
Alphabetizing
jump
met
apple
can
1.  apple
2.  can
3.  jump
4.  met / Comparatives… er, est
·  er – comparing two
·  est – comparing more than two
sweeter=2 smaller=2
sweetest=3 smallest=3
Five Essential Components
·  phonemic awareness
·  phonics
·  fluency
·  vocabulary
·  comprehension / Root Words/Prefixes, and Suffixes
·  -un/unhappy
·  re-/rewrite
·  ly-/curly
·  -ful/helpful
·  -er/colder
Possessive Forms of Nouns
·  bird’s nest - singular
·  boys’ caps/wolves’ – plural
·  men’s hats – plural noun not ending in s
·  brother-in-law’s car - compound / Writing
·  journal
·  word web
·  list
·  story response
·  survey
·  chart
·  facts
·  poem
·  notes
·  letter
·  steps
Story Elements
·  author’s purpose
·  cause/effect
·  character
·  compare/contrast
·  draw conclusions
·  main idea
·  plot
·  realism/fantasy
·  sequence
·  setting
·  theme / Silent Letters
·  w before r (wrong)
·  k before n (knife)
·  g before n (gnaw)
·  b after m (when in same syllable – climb)
·  t before ch (watch)
·  c before k (lock)
·  d before g or ge (dodge)
Syllablication
·  vc/cv = ham/mer
·  v/cv = la/dy
·  vc/v = wag/on / Hard/Soft Sound of c, and g
·  Followed by e, i, y= Soft –c= s/ city
·  Followed by a, o, u= Hard –c=k/cake
·  Followed by e, i, y = Soft/g = j/giraffe
·  Followed by a, o, u= Hard/g = g/go
Root Words and Endings – Doubling Consonants Before Endings.. Inflected Endings
·  stop stopped stopping
·  rub rubbed rubbing
·  hop hopped hopping
*Validity
- look- has 2 vowels so the k is not doubled
- help- has 2 consonants so the p is not doubled
- reach- has 2 vowels and 2 consonants so the h is
not doubled
Sentence Type
Declarative – makes a statement
* John lives next door.
Imperative – Expresses a command or request
* Bring me that paper.
Interrogative – Asks a question.
* Who’s there?
Exclamatory – A sentence expressed with strong feeling.
* How fast he ran!
Parts of Speech
·  noun
·  pronoun
·  verb
·  adjective / Family Words
·  brother
·  sister
·  mother
·  father
·  aunt
·  uncle
·  cousin
·  baby
·  niece
·  nephew