TEKS: Chapter 110. English Language Arts and Reading See All Teacher Resources

110.14.b.1

(1) Reading/Beginning Reading Skills/Phonics. Students use the relationships between letters and sounds, spelling patterns, and morphological analysis to decode written English. Students are expected to:

• (A) decode multisyllabic words in context and independent of context by applying common spelling patterns including:
  • (i) dropping the final "e" and add endings such as -ing, -ed, or -able (e.g., use, using, used, usable);
  • (ii) doubling final consonants when adding an ending (e.g., hop to hopping);
  • (iii) changing the final "y" to "i" (e.g., baby to babies);
  • (iv) using knowledge of common prefixes and suffixes (e.g., dis-, -ly); and
  • (v) using knowledge of derivational affixes (e.g., -de, -ful, -able);

• (B) use common syllabication patterns to decode words including:
  • (i) closed syllable (CVC) (e.g., mag-net, splen-did);
  • (ii) open syllable (CV) (e.g., ve-to);
  • (iii) final stable syllable (e.g., puz-zle, con-trac-tion);
  • (iv) r-controlled vowels (e.g., fer-ment, car-pool); and
  • (v) vowel digraphs and diphthongs (e.g., ei-ther);

• (C) decode words applying knowledge of common spelling patterns (e.g., -eigh, -ought);

• (D) identify and read contractions (e.g., I'd, won't); and

• (E) monitor accuracy in decoding.