RIT Above 230
• Uses multiple cueing systems when reading (e.g., phonetic and structural analysis, syntactic structure, semantic context)
• Discerns meaning of words from context
• Selects antonyms and synonyms using context clues RIT 221-230
• Uses multiple cueing systems when reading (e.g., phonetic and structural analysis, syntactic structure, semantic context)
• Uses context to discern the correct meaning of words with multiple meanings
• Identifies word origins
• Selects synonyms and antonyms using context clues
RIT 211-220
• Uses multiple cueing systems (e.g., phonetic and structural analysis, syntactic structure, semantic context)
• Uses prefixes and suffixes to find the meaning of words (e.g., anti-, tele-, inter-) (e.g., -ify, -phobia, -ize) • Uses context to recognize the correct meaning of words with multiple meanings
• Identifies homonyms, homographs, and homophones using context clues
• Selects synonyms and antonyms using context clues• Divides multi-syllabic words into syllables
RIT 201-210• Uses phonetic and structural analysis, the syntactic structure, and/or the semantic context to decode words
• Uses prefixes and suffixes to find the meaning of words (e.g., pre-, mis-, in-) (e.g., anti-, tele-, inter-) (e.g., -or, -ing, -less) (e.g., -ify, -phobia, -ize)
• Uses context to identify the correct meaning of words with multiple meanings
• Identifies words with similar vowel sounds & homonyms, homographs, and homophones using context clues
• Identify suffix which will give new meaning to specified word & base or root word in multi-syllable words
• Recognizes compound words and contractions using context clues
• Selects synonyms and antonyms using context clues
• Divides words into syllables correctly
• Form multi-syllable compound words • Identify word that, with correct prefix, becomes its own antonym
• Vocabulary: Parable,Secondary source, Speech, World and ancient literature, antonym, multi-syllable
RIT 191-200
• Identifies root words/base words in sentences & words with similar vowel sounds & homonyms, homographs, and homophones using context clues • Identify same ending sound within a list of several words
• Identify and/or form compound words Root Words, Suffixes, Prefixes
• Uses prefixes to find the meaning of words (e.g., pre-, mis-, in-) (e.g., -or, -ing, -less)• Uses phonetic and structural analysis, the syntactic structure, and/or the semantic context to decode words • Divides words into syllables correctly
• Recognizes compound words and contractions using context clues
• Selects synonyms and antonyms using context clues • Find the word that rhymes with a non-phonetic spelling
• Given the root meaning, identify word meaning__, with a variety of suffixes from which to choose and a variety of prefixes from which to choose
• Vocabulary: Middle sound,Word Root, alphabetical order, syllable
RIT 181-190
• Identifies words with the same long vowel sound, r-controlled vowels• Uses vowel digraphs (e.g., aw, ea, eigh), phonetic and structural analysis
• Identify the root or base word in a multi-syllable word & the syntactic structure, and/or the semantic context to decode unknown words
• Identifies base words & homonyms, homographs, and homophones using context clues
• Identify the two words that make up a contraction & word using correct suffix to complete sentence
• Uses prefixes and suffixes to find the meaning of words (e.g., pre-, mis-, in-) (e.g., dis-, un-, re-) (e.g., -or, -ing, -less)
• Uses context to identify the correct meaning of words with multiple meanings
• Divides words into syllables
• Recognizes compound words and contractions using context clues
• Selects synonyms and antonyms using context clues • Find the word with the correct prefix in a complex sentence & the pairs of 2 and 3 syllable words that sound alike
• Vocabulary: Acronym, American literature, Context, Excerpt, Homonym, Magazine, Multisyllabic, Policy, contraction, directions, definition
RIT 171-180
• Uses diphthongs (e.g., ee, oy, ough), vowel digraphs (e.g., aw, ea, eigh), syntax, and semantics to decode unknown words
• Uses prefixes and suffixes to find the meaning of words (e.g., dis-, un-, re-) (e.g., -ful, -er, -est)
• Uses context to choose the correct meaning of words with multiple meanings
• Identifies homonyms, homographs, and homophones using context clues & words with r-controlled vowels and the same short vowel
• Identify the correct usage of prefixes: un-, con-, dis-, in-, extra-, over-, re-, trans-, pre-, de- & the correct usage of suffixes: -er, -less, -ful, -ary, -able, -y
• Recognize medial vowel sounds ow/ short i, and the -ed ending & which letters are vowels & beginning blends gr/ fr/ sc & one-syllable rhyming words
• Know the meaning of simple compound words & the meaning of prefixes: dis-, un-, re- & the meaning of suffixes: -er, -less, -ful, -ary, -able, -y
• Know the correct usage of comparative suffixes: -er, -est
• Understands the concept of syllables• Identifies compound words and contractions using context clues
• Selects synonyms and antonyms using context clues
• Match the words in phrases and simple sentences
• Choose the compound word that is missing in a sentence
• Put words in alphabetical order
• Find the root word when used with simple prefixes and suffixes
• Vocabulary: Antonym, Syllable, Word Root, underlined, suffix
RIT 161-170
• Uses basic elements of phonetic analysis and/or structural analysis to decode unknown words
• Uses diphthongs (e.g., ee, oy, ough), consonant blends (e.g., bl, cr, spl), word families (e.g., -an, -in, -at), vowel digraphs (e.g., aw, ea, eigh),
• Uses syntax and semantics to decode unknown words & context to choose the correct meaning of words with multiple meanings
• Uses prefixes and suffixes to find the meaning of words (e.g., dis-, un-, re-) (e.g., -ful, -er, -est)
• Use word endings -et, -er, -le, -e to find word meaning & picture clues to form simple compound words
• Identifies words with the same short vowel sound & contractions and compound words using context clues
• Identifies homonyms, homographs, and homophones using context clues & words that have the same or similar meaning (synonyms)
• Identify simple rhyming words & compound words & the correct usage of prefixes (non-, un-, dis-, re-) with the same base word
• Identify the correct suffix or prefix to use with the same base word (-less, -ful, -ing, -er)
• Recognize short vowels a/i & ending sounds n/t & vowel digraphs ew, eu, oi, ey & beginning sounds cr, bl, kn & when to change y to i and add ending
• Combine simple word family endings with beginning sounds to form words
• Know the meaning of the prefix "un" & the meaning of the suffix "-er" & the two word meanings of simple contractions such as "you’re = you are
• Put upper case letters in alphabetical order
• Find the root word
• Vocabulary: Atlas, Compound Word, Contraction, Dictionary, Prefix, Suffix, Word Family, compound word, poem, rhyme, root or base word, vowel, letter, story
RIT 151-160
• Uses beginning consonants, diphthongs, consonant digraphs, ending consonants, letter/sound relationships
• Uses syntax, and semantics to decode unknown words
• Identifies compound words using context clues & the correct prefix (un-, dis-, in-, con-) to use with simple base words• Recognize the correct use of the plural "s" ending & beginning sounds ch/cl/c/s
• Match upper and lower case letters
• Know the two word meanings of simple contractions, such as "it’s = it is"
• Vocabulary: Ending sound,Opposite, Synonym, missing word, prefix, choose
RIT Below 150 • Uses beginning consonant and consonant digraphs (e.g., sh, th, wh, ch) to decode unknown words•
• Recognize initial consonant h/p & short vowels a/o & plurals & basic sight words Vocabulary: Beginning sounds, ending sound, match, find
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• Uses multiple cueing systems when reading (e.g., phonetic and structural analysis, syntactic structure, semantic context)
• Discerns meaning of words from context
• Selects antonyms and synonyms using context clues
RIT 221-230
• Uses multiple cueing systems when reading (e.g., phonetic and structural analysis, syntactic structure, semantic context)
• Uses context to discern the correct meaning of words with multiple meanings
• Identifies word origins
• Selects synonyms and antonyms using context clues
RIT 211-220
• Uses multiple cueing systems (e.g., phonetic and structural analysis, syntactic structure, semantic context)
• Uses prefixes and suffixes to find the meaning of words (e.g., anti-, tele-, inter-) (e.g., -ify, -phobia, -ize) • Uses context to recognize the correct meaning of words with multiple meanings
• Identifies homonyms, homographs, and homophones using context clues
• Selects synonyms and antonyms using context clues• Divides multi-syllabic words into syllables
RIT 201-210• Uses phonetic and structural analysis, the syntactic structure, and/or the semantic context to decode words
• Uses prefixes and suffixes to find the meaning of words (e.g., pre-, mis-, in-) (e.g., anti-, tele-, inter-) (e.g., -or, -ing, -less) (e.g., -ify, -phobia, -ize)
• Uses context to identify the correct meaning of words with multiple meanings
• Identifies words with similar vowel sounds & homonyms, homographs, and homophones using context clues
• Identify suffix which will give new meaning to specified word & base or root word in multi-syllable words
• Recognizes compound words and contractions using context clues
• Selects synonyms and antonyms using context clues
• Divides words into syllables correctly
• Form multi-syllable compound words • Identify word that, with correct prefix, becomes its own antonym
• Vocabulary: Parable, Secondary source, Speech, World and ancient literature, antonym, multi-syllable
RIT 191-200
• Identifies root words/base words in sentences & words with similar vowel sounds & homonyms, homographs, and homophones using context clues
• Identify same ending sound within a list of several words
• Identify and/or form compound words Root Words, Suffixes, Prefixes
• Uses prefixes to find the meaning of words (e.g., pre-, mis-, in-) (e.g., -or, -ing, -less) • Uses phonetic and structural analysis, the syntactic structure, and/or the semantic context to decode words • Divides words into syllables correctly
• Recognizes compound words and contractions using context clues
• Selects synonyms and antonyms using context clues
• Find the word that rhymes with a non-phonetic spelling
• Given the root meaning, identify word meaning__, with a variety of suffixes from which to choose and a variety of prefixes from which to choose
• Vocabulary: Middle sound, Word Root, alphabetical order, syllable
RIT 181-190
• Identifies words with the same long vowel sound, r-controlled vowels• Uses vowel digraphs (e.g., aw, ea, eigh), phonetic and structural analysis
• Identify the root or base word in a multi-syllable word & the syntactic structure, and/or the semantic context to decode unknown words
• Identifies base words & homonyms, homographs, and homophones using context clues
• Identify the two words that make up a contraction & word using correct suffix to complete sentence
• Uses prefixes and suffixes to find the meaning of words (e.g., pre-, mis-, in-) (e.g., dis-, un-, re-) (e.g., -or, -ing, -less)
• Uses context to identify the correct meaning of words with multiple meanings
• Divides words into syllables
• Recognizes compound words and contractions using context clues
• Selects synonyms and antonyms using context clues
• Find the word with the correct prefix in a complex sentence & the pairs of 2 and 3 syllable words that sound alike
• Vocabulary: Acronym, American literature, Context, Excerpt, Homonym, Magazine, Multisyllabic, Policy, contraction, directions, definition
RIT 171-180
• Uses diphthongs (e.g., ee, oy, ough), vowel digraphs (e.g., aw, ea, eigh), syntax, and semantics to decode unknown words
• Uses prefixes and suffixes to find the meaning of words (e.g., dis-, un-, re-) (e.g., -ful, -er, -est)
• Uses context to choose the correct meaning of words with multiple meanings
• Identifies homonyms, homographs, and homophones using context clues & words with r-controlled vowels and the same short vowel
• Identify the correct usage of prefixes: un-, con-, dis-, in-, extra-, over-, re-, trans-, pre-, de- & the correct usage of suffixes: -er, -less, -ful, -ary, -able, -y
• Recognize medial vowel sounds ow/ short i, and the -ed ending & which letters are vowels & beginning blends gr/ fr/ sc & one-syllable rhyming words
• Know the meaning of simple compound words & the meaning of prefixes: dis-, un-, re- & the meaning of suffixes: -er, -less, -ful, -ary, -able, -y
• Know the correct usage of comparative suffixes: -er, -est
• Understands the concept of syllables• Identifies compound words and contractions using context clues
• Selects synonyms and antonyms using context clues
• Match the words in phrases and simple sentences
• Choose the compound word that is missing in a sentence
• Put words in alphabetical order
• Find the root word when used with simple prefixes and suffixes
• Vocabulary: Antonym, Syllable, Word Root, underlined, suffix
RIT 161-170
• Uses basic elements of phonetic analysis and/or structural analysis to decode unknown words
• Uses diphthongs (e.g., ee, oy, ough), consonant blends (e.g., bl, cr, spl), word families (e.g., -an, -in, -at), vowel digraphs (e.g., aw, ea, eigh),
• Uses syntax and semantics to decode unknown words & context to choose the correct meaning of words with multiple meanings
• Uses prefixes and suffixes to find the meaning of words (e.g., dis-, un-, re-) (e.g., -ful, -er, -est)
• Use word endings -et, -er, -le, -e to find word meaning & picture clues to form simple compound words
• Identifies words with the same short vowel sound & contractions and compound words using context clues
• Identifies homonyms, homographs, and homophones using context clues & words that have the same or similar meaning (synonyms)
• Identify simple rhyming words & compound words & the correct usage of prefixes (non-, un-, dis-, re-) with the same base word
• Identify the correct suffix or prefix to use with the same base word (-less, -ful, -ing, -er)
• Recognize short vowels a/i & ending sounds n/t & vowel digraphs ew, eu, oi, ey & beginning sounds cr, bl, kn & when to change y to i and add ending
• Combine simple word family endings with beginning sounds to form words
• Know the meaning of the prefix "un" & the meaning of the suffix "-er" & the two word meanings of simple contractions such as "you’re = you are
• Put upper case letters in alphabetical order
• Find the root word
• Vocabulary: Atlas, Compound Word, Contraction, Dictionary, Prefix, Suffix, Word Family, compound word, poem, rhyme, root or base word, vowel, letter, story
RIT 151-160
• Uses beginning consonants, diphthongs, consonant digraphs, ending consonants, letter/sound relationships
• Uses syntax, and semantics to decode unknown words
• Identifies compound words using context clues & the correct prefix (un-, dis-, in-, con-) to use with simple base words • Recognize the correct use of the plural "s" ending & beginning sounds ch/cl/c/s
• Match upper and lower case letters
• Know the two word meanings of simple contractions, such as "it’s = it is"
• Vocabulary: Ending sound, Opposite, Synonym, missing word, prefix, choose
RIT Below 150
• Uses beginning consonant and consonant digraphs (e.g., sh, th, wh, ch) to decode unknown words•
• Recognize initial consonant h/p & short vowels a/o & plurals & basic sight words
Vocabulary: Beginning sounds, ending sound, match, find
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