Kentucky Core Academic Progression of Standards and Related Intervention Supports

R-Resources

S- Strategy

A- Activities

V- Video

ML- Model Lesson

PL- Professional Learning

Reading: Foundational Skills (K-5)

Standard 1 /
FS.1: Print Concepts
Strand / Key ideas and Details / Intervention Supports
FS.K.1 / Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
a. Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
b. Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language byspecific sequences of letters.
c. Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
d. Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet. / A – A is for Apple: Building Letter-Recognition Fluency – Activities for building letter-recognition fluency. K-2
S – What’s in a Name? Teaching Concepts of Letter and Word. This recurring activity uses students' names to help young students come to understand the concepts of letters and words. K
V- Roots of Reading - Explains the earliest stages of literacy and examines how teachers can get children started on the road to literacy.
FS.1.1 / Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
a. Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word,capitalization, ending punctuation).
Standard 2 / FS.2: Phonological Awareness
Strand / Key ideas and Details / Intervention Supports
FS.K.2 / Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds(phonemes).
a. Recognize and produce rhyming words.
b. Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.
c. Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.
d. Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes)
in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words.* (This doesnot include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)
e. Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllablewords to make new words. / ML – Generating Rhymes: Developing Phonemic Awareness. Students use songs to create rhyming lyrics as they build phonological awareness. K-2
ML – Building Phonemic Awareness with Phoneme Isolation. Students chant beginning and ending phonemes and connect these to written letters. - K-2
ML/R- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6
R – Construct a Word. Online resource that allows student to generate words by first choosing an ending and then adding a beginning letter or blend. K-2
FS.1.2 / Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds(phonemes).
a. Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.
b. Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes),including consonant blends.
c. Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) inspoken single-syllable words.
d. Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence ofindividual sounds (phonemes). / ML –Generating Rhymes: Developing Phonemic Awareness. Students use songs to create rhyming lyrics as they build phonological awareness. K-2
ML –Building Phonemic Awareness with Phoneme Isolation. Students chant beginning and ending phonemes and connect these to written letters. - K-2
ML/R- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6
FS.K.3 / Know and apply grade-level phonics and wordanalysis skills in decoding words.
a. Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one
letter-sound correspondences by producing
the primary sound or many of the mostfrequent sounds for each consonant.
b. Associate the long and short sounds with
common spellings (graphemes) for the fivemajor vowels.
c. Read common high-frequency words by sight
(e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
d. Distinguish between similarly spelled words by
identifying the sounds of the letters that differ. / ML –Generating Rhymes: Developing Phonemic Awareness. Students use songs to create rhyming lyrics as they build phonological awareness. K-2
ML –Building Phonemic Awareness with Phoneme Isolation. Students chant beginning and ending phonemes and connect these to written letters. - K-2
ML/R- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6
Standard 3 / FS.3: Phonics and Word Recognition
Strand / Key ideas and Details / Intervention Supports
FS.1.3 / Know and apply grade-level phonics and wordanalysis skills in decoding words.
a. Know the spelling-sound correspondences forcommon consonant digraphs.
b. Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
c. Know final -e and common vowel team
conventions for representing long vowelsounds.
d. Use knowledge that every syllable must have
a vowel sound to determine the number ofsyllables in a printed word.
e. Decode two-syllable words following basicpatterns by breaking the words into syllables.
f. Read words with inflectional endings.
g. Recognize and read grade-appropriateirregularly spelled words. / V –A Phonics Lesson With Chrysanthemum – The teacher models a group phonics lesson. K-2
ML– Word Wizards: Students Making Words. his lesson begins with a read-aloud of Word Wizard by Cathryn Falwell, and then guides students through an active, hands-on activity in which they learn how to look for patterns in words and are encouraged to become "word wizards" themselves. K-2
ML/R- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6
FS.2.3 / Know and apply grade-level phonics and wordanalysis skills in decoding words.
a. Distinguish long and short vowels whenreading regularly spelled one-syllable words.
b. Know spelling-sound correspondences foradditional common vowel teams.
c. Decode regularly spelled two-syllable wordswith long vowels.
d. Decode words with common prefixes andsuffixes.
e. Identify words with inconsistent but commonspelling-sound correspondences.
f. Recognize and read grade-appropriateirregularly spelled words. / V – A Phonics Lesson With Chrysanthemum – The teacher models a group phonics lesson. K-2
ML– Word Wizards: Students Making Words. This lesson begins with a read-aloud of Word Wizard by Cathryn Falwell, and then guides students through an active, hands-on activity in which they learn how to look for patterns in words and are encouraged to become "word wizards" themselves. K-2
ML/R- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6
FS.3.3 / Know and apply grade-level phonics and wordanalysis skills in decoding words.
a. Identify and know the meaning of the mostcommon prefixes and derivational suffixes.
b. Decode words with common Latin suffixes.
c. Decode multi-syllable words.
d. Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelledwords. / ML- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6
PL - Literacy Snapshot Modules
Prefix Removal and Replacement Strategy
Equip readers with tools to decode and determine the meaning of multi-syllabic words containing prefixes.

FS.4.3 / Know and apply grade-level phonics and wordanalysis skills in decoding words.
a. Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound
correspondences, syllabication patterns, and
morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read
accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words incontext and out of context. / ML/R- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6
S - Spelling in Parts: Learning to Spell, Write, and Read Polysyllabic Words. Explicit strategy to help students learn to break down longer words into their individual parts. 4-5
FS.5.3 / Know and apply grade-level phonics and wordanalysis skills in decoding words.
a. Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound
correspondences, syllabication patterns, and
morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read
accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words incontext and out of context. / ML/R- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6
PL - Literacy Snapshot Modules (K-5)
Explicit Instruction Part 1: Explicit Phonics Instruction
This LSM focuses on designing an explicit phonics lesson.

S - Spelling in Parts: Learning to Spell, Write, and Read Polysyllabic Words. Explicit strategy to help students learn to break down longer words into their individual parts. 4-5
Standard 4 / FS.4: Fluency
Strand / Key ideas and Details / Intervention Supports
FS.K.4 / Read emergent-reader texts with purpose andunderstanding. / S –Using Paired Reading to Increase Fluency and Peer Cooperation – Explains how to use paired reading to increase fluency. K-5
ML –Improving Fluency through Group Literary Performance – This lesson uses shared reading, choral reading, and reader’s theater to increase fluency.
K-2
V – R – Fluent Reading – Video and resourcedemonstrates how early testing and intervention can help struggling readers to decode quickly and achieve fluency. K-4
ML/R- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6
FS.1.4 / Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency tosupport comprehension.
a. Read grade-level text with purpose andunderstanding.
b. Read grade-level text orally with accuracy,appropriate rate, and expression on successivereadings.
c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word
recognition and understanding, rereading asnecessary. / S –Readers Theatre – This strategy guide describes how to use readers theatre in your classroom. 1-5
V – R – Fluent Reading – Video and resource demonstrates how early testing and intervention can help struggling readers to decode quickly and achieve fluency. K-4
ML/R- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6
FS.2.4 / Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency tosupport comprehension.
a. Read grade-level text with purpose andunderstanding.
b. Read grade-level text orally with accuracy,
appropriate rate, and expression on successivereadings.
c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word
recognition and understanding, rereading asnecessary. / V – R – Fluent Reading – Video and resource demonstrates how early testing and intervention can help struggling readers to decode quickly and achieve fluency. K-4
ML/R- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6
FS.3.4 / Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency tosupport comprehension.
a. Read grade-level text with purpose andunderstanding.
b. Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with
accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on
successive readings
c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word
recognition and understanding, rereading asnecessary. / ML –Reading Idol! Bringing Readers Theatre Center Stage in Your Classroom – Student groups compete for the title of Reading Idol. 3–5
PL- Literacy Snapshot Modules - Explicit Instruction Part 2: Explicit Comprehension Instruction. This LSM focuses on designing an explicit comprehension lesson.
V – R – Fluent Reading – Video and resource demonstrates how early testing and intervention can help struggling readers to decode quickly and achieve fluency. K-4
ML/R- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6
FS.4.4 / Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency tosupport comprehension.
a. Read grade-level text with purpose andunderstanding.
b. Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with
accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression onsuccessive readings.
c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word
recognition and understanding, rereading asnecessary. / V – R – Fluent Reading – Video and resource demonstrates how early testing and intervention can help struggling readers to decode quickly and achieve fluency. K-4
ML/R- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6
SL.5.4 / Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency tosupport comprehension.
a. Read grade-level text with purpose andunderstanding.
b. Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with
accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression onsuccessive readings.
c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word
recognition and understanding, rereading asnecessary. / PL - Literacy Snapshot Modules - Levels of Word Knowledge. Describes the four levels of word knowledge that readers may consider as they are reading. (K-5)

PL - Literacy Snapshot Modules - Selecting Words for Vocabulary Instruction. This LSM focuses on intentionally selecting vocabulary words for explicit instruction.

ML/R- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6

Reading: Literature

Standard 1 / R.CCR.1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Strand / Key ideas and Details / Intervention Supports
R.L.K.1 / With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. / A Story retelling boxes in the classroom store costumes or props for students to use to retell a story.
R.L.1.1 / Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. / V Retell a fairy tale, including characters, setting, and events.
R.L. 2.1 / Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. / V
R.L.3.1 / Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. / PL - Literacy Snapshot Modules (K-3)
Question Answer Relationship (QAR) Part 1: Identifying Question Types
Explores the types of questions used in the QAR strategy for comprehending text.

PL- Literacy Snapshot Module (K-3)
Question Answer Relationship (QAR) Part 2: Answering the Different Types of Questions
Explores how to answer the different types of questions used in the QAR strategy for comprehending text.

PL - Literacy Snapshot Module (K-3)
Think Aloud: It's the Thought That Counts
Explores the use of the Think Aloud as a strategy to deepen comprehension.

ML/R- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6
R.L.4.1 / Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. / S Model the four types of questions: Right There, Think and Search, Author and Me and On my own.
  • Right There- Pose a question to the class that may be answered by looking in one location in the text. Ask students how they figured out the answer to the question.
  • Think and Search- Ask a question that may be answered by looking in more than one location of the text.
  • Author and Me-Pose a question that requires "reading" the text and using knowledge that is in your head.
  • On My Own-Ask a related question that can be answered without having to read the text. These are usually higher level critical thinking questions.
ML/R- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6
ML: Making Inferences from eReadingWorksheets.com
R: Logical Inferences from Betterlesson.com
A: Mystery Bags by Scholastic
R.L.5.1 / Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. / V Record thinking on post-it notes to explain what the text says.
ML/R- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6
R.L.6.1 / Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. / V:
ML/R- McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K-6 Students. Provides researched based interventions and routines matched to a specific area of need.
K-6
ML:Index Card Evidence Chat from Lesson Planet
R:Prereading through Predictions from Betterlesson.com
A: Mystery Bags by Scholastic
R.L.7.1 / Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. / A: As students read, have them highlight textual evidence to be used in their analysis. They can begin by highlighting the main ideas, and then highlight textual evidence in a different color. Students can also work together to tackle a more difficult piece or text- as one student reads aloud, another student can highlight the textual evidence.
A:Highlighted Text (Highlighting) from GoAlbook
R.L.8.1 / Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. / V/ML: Make Inferences Using textual Evidence from Learn Zillion
R.L.9-10.1 / Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
R.L.11-12.1 / Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
Standard 2 / R.CCR.2: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Strand / Key ideas and Details / Intervention Supports
R.L.K.2 / With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. / A
This website provides access to a three lesson unit on sequencing for kindergartners. In the first lesson, the teacher models how to identify and describe events at the beginning and end of a story. During the second lesson, the teacher builds on these concepts and models how to order events in the middle of the story. The unit concludes with the third lesson, in which the teacher models how to use the sequencing clue words “first” and “then” in a retelling of a story. The third lesson lists RL.K.2 as the focus standard for the lesson.
R.L.1.2 / Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. / V Retell a fairy tale, including characters, setting, and events.
R.L.2.2 / Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. / V University of Massachusetts at Amherst has developed a variety of fables with sound, animations, and interactivity.