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Phonics - Vowel Sounds

Kindergarten

Alabama Course of Study Standards: 10.b

Identify the vowel in a closed syllable and produce the short vowel sound for the five major vowels when decoding closed syllables.

Arkansas Academic Standards: RF.K.3.b

Associate the long and short sounds with the five major vowel graphemes (a,e,i,o,u), using open and closed syllable types ( e.g., open-go, closed-got).

Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: K.RF.3.b

Decode regularly spelled closed syllable words.

California Common Core State Standards: RF.K.3.b

Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels. (Identify which letters represent the five major vowels [Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, and Uu] and know the long and short sound of each vowel. More complex long vowel graphemes and spellings are targeted in the grade 1 phonics standards.)

Common Core State Standards: RF.K.3.b

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): RF.K.3.b

Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks: RF.K.3.b

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: RF.K.3b

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: RF.K.4.b

Associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSEKRF3.b

Demonstrate basic knowledge of long and short sounds for the given major vowels.

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: KRF3b

Decode short vowel sounds with common spellings.

Tennessee Academic Standards: K.FFL.PWR.3.b

Associate the long and short phonemes with common spellings for the five major vowels.

Alabama Course of Study Standards: 10.h

Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the phonemes and graphemes that differ.
Example: mat/sat, pan/pat, tip/top

Arkansas Academic Standards: RF.K.3.d

Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ (e.g., hat, fat, rat; cap, cup, cop; him, hip, hit).

Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: K.RF.3.d

Common Core State Standards: RF.K.3.d

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSEKRF3.c

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): RF.K.3.d

Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks: RF.K.3.d

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: RF.K.3d

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: RF.K.4.d

Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: KRF3c

Decode some regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Tennessee Academic Standards: K.FFL.PWR.3.e

Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the letters that differ.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.1.K.c

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
  • Recognize and produce rhyming words.
  • Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.
  • Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.
  • Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sound (phonemes) in the three-phoneme (CVC) words.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.1.K.d

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  • Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondence.
  • Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings for the five major vowels.
  • Read grade-level high-frequency sight words with automaticity.
  • Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
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