LLC5. Phonological Awareness

Looks at the caregiver's lips and face when the caregiver is speaking.

Demonstrates awareness of sounds in the environment and spoken language from caregivers (e.g., turns head when phone rings).

Shows interest in songs, rhymes, chants, and stories.

Notices and listens to sounds and words from home language and if different, the language of care.

Imitates sounds heard in the environment.

Identifies and produces sounds heard in the environment.

Participates in songs, rhymes, chants, and stories.

Repeats different sounds in familiar words or rhymes (e.g., sings words in familiar songs).

Distinguishes between spoken language and environmental sounds.

Recalls previously heard words, songs, and rhymes (e.g., sings familiar song while playing).

Shows interest in and associates sounds with words (e.g., child shows reaction when hearing the first letter of their name).

Plays with sounds, words, and language (e.g., rhyming and matching first sounds in words) with or without attention to meaning.

Identifies and continues sound patterns in words.

Produces rhyming words or words with the same beginning sound, when prompted.

Identifies individual sounds or segments (parts) of words when prompted (e.g., Identifying first part of the word "cupcake").

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Read decodable texts accurately, with guidance and support.

Recognize rhythm, alliteration and repeated lines in a story, poem or song read aloud.

Demonstrate one-to-one letter-sound correspondence.