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This module was last updated on April 2018. Foundational Skills Guidance Documents: Grades K-2. Table of Contents Overview ........................................ ........................................ ........ 2. Content: The Components of Foundational Skills ............................ 5. Instructional Moves: The How of Foundational Skills ................... 13. Grade-Level-Specific Guidance for Kindergarten ............................ 19. Grade-Level-Specific Guidance for First Grade ............................... 24. Grade-Level-Specific Guidance for Second Grade ........................... 28. 32. 1. Overview Purpose By the end of third grade, far too many of our students are not proficient readers. This guide is designed to tackle these national reading deficits by outlining essential instructional components to teach early reading skills.

(Example: The end of the word cast sounds just like blast. These words rhyme.) • Words: hearing and counting the number of words when we read or speak. (Example: I hear five words in the sentence “I ran to the cone.”) • Syllables: breaking words up into their largest parts—hearing and counting these parts. (Example: I hear two ...

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