TEKS Phonics

Question 1

Pre K

Answer 1

1. demonstrate growing understanding of sounds and intonation of language
2. recognize and name letters and sounds

Question 2

K

Answer 2

identify and match the common sounds that letters represent
use letter-sound relationships to decode, including VC, CVC, CCVC, and CVCC words

recognize that new words are created when letters are changed, added, or deleted

identify and read at least 25 high-frequency words

Question 3

Grade 1

Answer 3

Decode words:
in isolation and in context by applying common letter-sound correspondences

with initial and final consonant blends, digraphs, and trigraphs

with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams (e.g. vowel digraphs and diphthongs); and r-controlled syllables

with inflectional endings, including -ed, -s, and -es

common compound words and contractions (using knowledge of base words)

identify and read at least 100 high-frequency words

Question 4

Grade 2

Answer 4

Decode words:

with short, long, or variant vowels, trigraphs, and blends

with silent letters

with final stable syllables (multisyllabic words)

compound words, contractions, and common abbreviations

using knowledge of syllable division patterns such as VCCV, VCV, and VCCCV

with prefixes, including un-, re-, and dis-, and inflectional endings, including -s, -es, -ed, -ing, -er, and -est

Question 5

Grade 3

Answer 5

Decode words:

with multiple sound-spelling patterns such as eigh, ough, and en

using knowledge of syllable division patterns such as VCCV, VCV, and VCCCV with accent shifts

using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants