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TITLE 19EDUCATION
PART 2TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 128TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR SPANISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING AND ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
SUBCHAPTER AELEMENTARY
RULE §128.3Spanish Language Arts and Reading, Grade 1, Adopted 2017

      (ii) recognizing spoken alliteration or groups of words that begin with the same simple syllable or initial sound;

      (iii) recognizing the change in spoken word when a specified syllable is added, changed, or removed;

      (iv) segmenting spoken words into individual syllables;

      (v) blending spoken complex syllables, including sílabas trabadas, to form multisyllabic words;

      (vi) segmenting spoken words into syllables, including words with sílabas trabadas; and

      (vii) manipulating syllables within words;

    (B) demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:

      (i) identifying and matching sounds to individual letters;

      (ii) decoding words with sílabas trabadas such as /bla/, /bra/, and /gla/; digraphs; and words with multiple sound spelling patterns such as c, k, and q and s, z, soft c, and x;

      (iii) decoding words with silent h and words that use the syllables que-, qui-, gue-, gui-, güe-, and güi-;

      (iv) decoding words with diphthongs such as /ai/, /au/, and /ei/;

      (v) decoding contractions such as al and del;

      (vi) decoding three- to four-syllable words;

      (vii) using knowledge of base words to decode common compound words; and

      (viii) decoding words with common prefixes and suffixes;

    (C) demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:

      (i) spelling common letter and sound correlations;

      (ii) spelling words with common patterns such as CV, VC, CCV, CVC, VCV, CVCV, CCVCV, and CVCCV;

      (iii) spelling words with silent h; consonant digraphs such as /ch/, /rr/, and /ll/; and sílabas trabadas such as /bla/, /bra/, /gla/, and /gra/;

      (iv) spelling multisyllabic words, including words with que-, qui-, gue-, gui-, güe-, and güi-;

      (v) spelling contractions such as al and del;

      (vi) spelling words with diphthongs such as /ai/, /au/, and /ie/ as in quie-ro, na-die, and ra-dio and hiatus such as le-er and rí­o; and

      (vii) spelling words with common prefixes and suffixes;

    (D) demonstrate print awareness by identifying the information that different parts of a book provide;

    (E) alphabetize a series of words to the first or second letter and use a dictionary to find words; and

    (F) develop handwriting by printing words, sentences, and answers legibly leaving appropriate spaces between words.

  (3) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively. The student is expected to:

    (A) use a resource such as a picture dictionary or digital resource to find words;

    (B) use illustrations and texts the student is able to read or hear to learn or clarify word meanings;

    (C) identify the meaning of words with affixes, including -s, -es, and -or; and

    (D) identify and use words that name actions, directions, positions, sequences, categories, and locations.

  (4) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--fluency. The student reads grade-level text with fluency and comprehension. The student is expected to use appropriate fluency (rate, accuracy, and prosody) when reading grade-level text.

  (5) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading. The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently. The student is expected to self-select text and interact independently with text for increasing periods of time.

  (6) Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to:

    (A) establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts with adult assistance;

    (B) generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information with adult assistance;

    (C) make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures with adult assistance;

    (D) create mental images to deepen understanding with adult assistance;

    (E) make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society with adult assistance;

    (F) make inferences and use evidence to support understanding with adult assistance;

    (G) evaluate details to determine what is most important with adult assistance;

    (H) synthesize information to create new understanding with adult assistance; and

    (I) monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, checking for visual cues, and asking questions when understanding breaks down.

  (7) Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed. The student is expected to:

    (A) describe personal connections to a variety of sources;

    (B) write brief comments on literary or informational texts;

    (C) use text evidence to support an appropriate response;

    (D) retell texts in ways that maintain meaning;

    (E) interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing; and

    (F) respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.

  (8) Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--literary elements. The student recognizes and analyzes literary elements within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse literary texts. The student is expected to:

    (A) discuss topics and determine theme using text evidence with adult assistance;

    (B) describe the main character(s) and the reason(s) for their actions;

    (C) describe plot elements, including the main events, the problem, and the resolution, for texts read aloud and independently; and

    (D) describe the setting.

  (9) Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts. The student is expected to:

    (A) demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes;

    (B) discuss rhyme, rhythm, repetition, and alliteration in a variety of poems;

    (C) discuss elements of drama such as characters and setting;

    (D) recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:

      (i)

the central idea and supporting evidence with adult assistance;

      (ii)

features and simple graphics to locate or gain information; and

      (iii)

organizational patterns such as chronological order and description with adult assistance;

    (E) recognize characteristics of persuasive text with adult assistance and state what the author is trying to persuade the reader to think or do; and

    (F) recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.

  (10) Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purposefully in order to develop his or her own products and performances. The student is expected to:

    (A) discuss the author's purpose for writing text;

    (B) discuss how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;

    (C) discuss with adult assistance the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;

    (D) discuss how the author uses words that help the reader visualize; and

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