Communication Success Markers
Phonics Skills
I can
I can
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I want to
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I can
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name the consonants – b, c, d, f, g, h
name the consonants – j, k, l, m, n, p
name the consonants – q, r, s, t, v, w
name the consonants – x, y, z
say the sound for the consonants – b, c, d, f, g, h,
say the sound for the consonants - j, k, l, m, n, p
say the sound for the consonants - q, r, s, t, v, w
say the sound for the consonants – x, y, z
name the vowels – a, e, i, o, u,
say the short sound for each vowels –a, e, i, o, u
name the alphabet letters in order
name the alphabet letters at random
pick out and say beginning consonant sounds
pick out and say ending consonant sounds
pick out and say beginning short vowel sounds
pick out and say middle short vowel sounds
say the sounds for the consonant digraphs –ch, sh, th
print words by sounding them out
Printing Skills Markers
print lower case letters – a, b, c, d, e, f
print lower case letters – g, h, I, j, k, l
print lower case letters – m, n, o, p, q, r
print lower case letters – s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z
print upper case letters – A, B, C, D, E, F
print upper case letters - G, H, I, J, K, L
print upper case letters - M, N, O, P, Q, R
print upper case letters – S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
print the numbers 0 – 10 using symbols
print the numbers 0 – 10 using words
print numbers from 1-100 using symbols
print numbers from 1-100 using symbols
print my name
print my address
print my telephone number
copy printed words or names from printed material
Reading Skills Markers
I can
I can
not
I want to
work on
I can
I can
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I want to
work on
pick out a sentence
tell where a sentence begins and ends
recognize and name a period
recognize and name a comma
recognize and name quotation marks
recognize and name a question mark
recognize and name an apostrophe
recognize and name an exclamation mark
recognize and name a hyphen
use a period
use a comma
use quotation marks
use a question mark
use an apostrophe
use an exclamation mark
use a hyphen
pick out a paragraph
tell who is speaking in a story
read aloud a simple sentence to answer a question
read silently to answer a question
retell a story orally
fill in missing letters in words
fill in missing words in sentences
find the title page in a book
find the Table of Contents in a book
find the Index in a book
use the Table of Contents in a book
use the Index in a book
Word Recognition
uses pictures to learn new words
tell how many sounds are in a word
bends letter sounds to read words
understands sight words in sentence context
picks out plurals
picks out ownership when ‘s is used
Source: North Bay Literacy. Reprinted with permission