Tools for Planning Effective and Focused Differentiated Instructionbased on NWEA's Primary Grades Instructional Data,aligned to the Common Core State Standards
Foundational Skills:Phonics and Word Recognition
- Lower Case Letter Matching
- Lower Case Letter Recognition
- Consonant Sounds
- Final -e
- Initial Consonants
- Consonant Blends
- Consonant Digraphs
- High Frequency Words
- Rhyming Words
- Short Vowel Sounds
- Syllabication
- Vowel Patterns
- Vowel Teams
Foundational Skills:Phonological Awareness
- Beginning Sounds
- Blending Onset and Rime
- Blending Phonemes
- Ending Sounds
- Medial Vowel Sound
- Phoneme Deletion
- Phoneme Substitution
- Rhyming Words
- Syllabication
Foundational Skills: Print Concepts
- Lower Case Letter Matching
- Lower Case Letter Recognition
- Print Features
- Sentence Features
- Uppercase Letter Matching
- Uppercase Letter Recognition
Informational Text:Key Ideas, Details, Craft, Structure
- Book Concepts and Text Features
- Cause and Effect
- Compare and Contrast
- Key Details
- Main Idea
- Point of View and Purpose
- Text to Illustration Connections
Literature:Key Ideas, Details, Craft, Structure
- Central Message
- Figurative Language
- Key Details
- Listening Comprehension
- Literary Elements
- Point of View
- Text to Illustration Connections
- Text Type
Vocabulary Use and Function:Language: Context Clues and References
Vocabulary Use and Function:Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Language and Writing:Capitalize, Spell, Punctuate
Language and Writing:Grammar and Usage
Language and Writing:Purpose, Plan, Develop, Edit
Blank Curriculum Ladder Template
Material from DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning and Primary Grades Instructional Data is provided by courtesy of Northwest Evaluation Association and may not be republished, rewritten, or redistributed. All rights reserved.
