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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell.

Dicte 10 palabras que contienen la letra “r” en diferentes partes de las palabras. Los estudiantes resaltan la letra “r” en las palabras que escribieron y, con la guía del maestro, identifican las palabras donde el sonido de la “r” es suave, como cara, arete, o cereza, y aquellas donde el sonido es fuerte, como ratón, ropa, reto, Israel o Enrique. Posteriormente, pida que determinen cuándo la “r” suena suave o cuándo suena fuerte. Tome nota de las respuestas de los estudiantes.


Further Explanation

Los estudiantes distinguen que la letra “r” puede tener un sonido fuerte o suave dependiendo del lugar donde se encuentre en la palabra y de las letras con que va acompañada. Asimismo, aplican su conocimiento de la ortografía para escribir y pronunciar esta letra.

Both decoding and encoding skills are needed to build a foundation in reading. Decoding is the process of translating written speech into verbal speech sounds by applying knowledge of letter-sound correspondences. It is the ability to recognize letters, apply their associated sounds, and blend sounds to form words. Encoding is the process of using letter-sound knowledge to write or spell words. Students must understand the various spelling patterns and rules of the Spanish language to correctly construct words in their written products. It is important that students demonstrate their knowledge by applying these rules consistently instead of using invented spelling because they may unknowingly write a real word they did not intend, causing reader confusion.
Students are expected to use their phonetic knowledge to correctly spell words that have the same sound represented by different letters. The letter r has a hard sound in the initial position of words, for example ratón, red, rizo, rosa, or ruso. This sound is also present when the r follows the consonants n, s, and l. For example, Enrique, Israel, or alrededor. The digraph rr, which is always located between vowels, also represents this sound. For example, carro, gorra, fierro, or ferrocarril. The soft sound of r is made when this letter is in the middle of a word, like in barba, sartén, and marco or between vowels, like in the words, cara, arete, or Mario. The soft sound of r is also present in words where this letter follows the consonants b, c, d, f, g, p, and t, like in broma, creo, dragón, frente, gracias, primero, and tres.