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ELAR: Phonics
Grade 1Publisher: Benchmark Education
Copyright: 2022
The quality review is the result of extensive evidence gathering and analysis by Texas educators of how well instructional materials satisfy the criteria for quality in the subject-specific rubric. Follow the links below to view the scores and read the evidence used to determine quality.
Section 1. Phonics-Related Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) Alignment
Grade | TEKS Student % | TEKS Teacher % | ELPS Student % | ELPS Teacher % |
Grade K | 100% | 100% | Not Reviewed | Not Reviewed |
Grade 1 | 100% | 100% | Not Reviewed | Not Reviewed |
Grade 2 | 100% | 100% | Not Reviewed | Not Reviewed |
Section 2. Instructional Approach
Section 3. Content-Specific Skills
Section 4. Progress Monitoring
Section 5. Supports for All Learners
Section 6. Additional Information: Resources
Section 7. Additional Support
Phonics rules based on 19 TAC 74.2001(1). Program does comply ("yes") or does not comply ("no").
Phonics rules based on 19 TAC 74.2001(3)(A). Program does comply ("yes") or does not comply ("no").
Grade | TEKS Student % | TEKS Teacher % | ELPS Student % | ELPS Teacher % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Grade 1 | 100% | 100% | N/A | N/A |
The materials partially meet the criteria for this indicator. Materials include systematic, year-long plans for phonics instruction.
Materials include a cohesive, TEKS-aligned scope and sequence that outlines the essential knowledge and skills that are taught throughout the year. Materials clearly demonstrate vertical alignment that shows the progression of skill development from year to year. Lessons follow a developmentally appropriate, systematic progression from simple to more complex concepts (e.g., CVC words before CCCVCC words and single syllable words before multisyllabic words).
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Materials include a cohesive, TEKS-aligned scope and sequence that outlines the essential knowledge and skills that are taught throughout the year.
Materials clearly demonstrate vertical alignment and that shows the progression of skill development from year to year.
Lessons follow a developmentally appropriate, systematic progression from simple to more complex concepts (e.g., CVC words before CCCVCC words and single syllable words before multisyllabic words).
The materials meet the criteria for this indicator. Materials provide direct (explicit) and systematic instruction in developing grade-level phonics skills within and across lessons.
Lessons include detailed guidance for each component of the gradual release of responsibility model. Materials contain a teacher edition with ample and useful annotations and suggestions on how to present the content in the student materials.
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Lessons include detailed guidance for each component of the gradual release of responsibility mode.
Materials contain a teacher edition with ample and useful annotations and suggestions on how to present the content in the student materials.
Materials meet the criteria for this indicator. Materials include detailed guidance that supports teacher’s delivery of instruction.
Guidance for teachers includes information about common phonics pattern misconceptions and guiding principles related to specific phonics skills. Guidance for teachers provides detailed, specific instructional strategies with consistent routines for teaching each phonics skill. Materials include specific guidance for providing students with immediate, corrective feedback. Materials provide detailed guidance for connecting previously taught phonics skills to new learning. Materials include clear guidance on how to pace each lesson, including specific time suggestions for each component of the gradual release model.
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Guidance for teachers includes information about common phonics pattern misconceptions and guiding principles related to specific phonics skills.
Guidance for teachers provides detailed, specific instructional strategies with consistent routines for teaching each phonics skill.
Materials include specific guidance for providing students with immediate, corrective feedback.
Materials provide detailed guidance for connecting previously taught phonics skills to new learning.
Materials include clear guidance on how to pace each lesson, including specific time suggestions for each component of the gradual release model.
Materials meet the criteria for this indicator. Materials include frequent and distributed review of phonics skills with cumulative practice opportunities with decodable text.
Materials include intentional cumulative review and practice activities throughout the span of the curriculum. Practice opportunities include only phonics skills that have been explicitly taught. Decodable texts incorporate cumulative practice of taught phonics skills.
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Materials include intentional cumulative review and practice activities throughout the span of the curriculum.
Practice opportunities include only phonics skills that have been explicitly taught.
Decodable texts incorporate cumulative practice of taught phonics skills.
Materials meet the criteria for this indicator. Materials provide systematic and direct (explicit) instruction, practice, and review related to the alphabetic principle.
Materials systematically introduce letter-sound relationships in an order that quickly allows for application to basic decoding and encoding. Materials provide scripted direct (explicit) instruction for connecting phonemes to letters within words. Materials incorporate a variety of activities and resources for students to develop, practice, and reinforce (through cumulative review) their understanding of applying letter-sound correspondence to decode simple words both in isolation and in decodable connected text.
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Materials systematically introduce letter-sound relationships in an order that quickly allows for application to basic decoding and encoding.
Materials provide scripted direct (explicit) instruction for connecting phonemes to letters within words.
Materials incorporate a variety of activities and resources for students to develop, practice, and reinforce (through cumulative review) their understanding of applying letter-sound correspondence to decode simple words both in isolation and in decodable connected text.
Materials do not provide systematic and direct (explicit) instruction, practice, and review to support the development of oral syllable awareness skills, as outlined in the TEKS.
Materials do not provide a systematic sequence for introducing oral syllable awareness activities that begins with simple skills (detecting, blending, and segmenting syllables) and gradually transition to more complex skills such as adding, deleting, and substituting syllables. Materials do not include scripted direct (explicit) instruction for teaching oral syllable awareness skills. Materials do not incorporate a variety of activities and resources to develop, practice, and reinforce skills (through cumulative review).
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Materials provide a systematic sequence for introducing oral syllable awareness activities that begins with simple skills (detecting, blending, and segmenting syllables) and gradually transition to more complex skills such as adding, deleting, and substituting syllables.
Materials include scripted direct (explicit) instruction for teaching oral syllable awareness skills.
Materials incorporate a variety of activities and resources for students to develop, practice, and reinforce skills (through cumulative review).
The materials meet the criteria for this indicator. Materials provide systematic and direct (explicit) instruction, practice, and review to support the development of phonemic awareness skills, as outlined in the TEKS.
Materials provide a systematic sequence for introducing phonemic awareness activities that begins with identifying, blending, and segmenting phonemes (the smallest unit of sound) and gradually transitions to more complex manipulation practices such as adding, deleting, and substituting phonemes. Materials include scripted direct (explicit) instruction for teaching phonemic awareness. Materials include direct (explicit) detailed guidance for connecting phonemic awareness skills to the alphabetic principle, helping to transition students from oral language activities to basic decoding and encoding. Materials incorporate a variety of activities and resources for students to develop, practice, and reinforce skills (through cumulative review).
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Materials provide a systematic sequence for introducing phonemic awareness activities that begins with identifying, blending, and segmenting phonemes (the smallest unit of sound) and gradually transition to more complex manipulation practices such as adding, deleting, and substituting phonemes.
Materials include scripted direct (explicit) instruction for teaching phonemic awareness.
Materials include direct (explicit) detailed guidance for connecting phonemic awareness skills to the alphabetic principle, helping to transition students from oral language activities to basic decoding and encoding.
Materials incorporate a variety of activities and resources for students to develop, practice, and reinforce skills (through cumulative review).
The materials meet the criteria for this indicator. Materials provide systematic and direct (explicit) instruction, practice, and review to develop students’ knowledge of grade-level sound-spelling patterns, as outlined in the TEKS.
Materials provide a systematic sequence for introducing grade-level sound-spelling patterns, as outlined in the TEKS. Materials provide scripted direct (explicit) instruction for grade-level sound-spelling patterns. Materials incorporate a variety of activities and resources for students to develop, practice, and reinforce skills (through cumulative review). Materials provide a variety of activities and resources to decode and encode words that include taught sound-spelling patterns in isolation (e.g., word lists) and in decodable connected text that builds on previous instruction (e.g., within sentences or decodable texts).
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Materials provide a systematic sequence for introducing grade-level sound-spelling patterns, as outlined in the TEKS.
Materials provide scripted direct (explicit) instruction for grade-level sound-spelling patterns.
Materials incorporate a variety of activities and resources for students to develop, practice, and reinforce skills (through cumulative review).
Materials provide a variety of activities and resources to decode and encode words that include taught sound-spelling patterns in isolation (e.g., word lists) and in decodable connected text that builds on previous instruction (e.g., within sentences or decodable texts).
The materials meet the criteria for this indicator. Materials provide systematic and direct (explicit) instruction, practice, and review related to accurately identifying, reading, and writing regular and irregular high-frequency words.
Materials provide a systematic sequence for introducing regular and irregular high-frequency words. Materials provide direct (explicit) instruction for decoding and encoding regular and irregular high-frequency words. Materials incorporate a variety of activities and resources for students to develop, practice, and reinforce skills (through cumulative review). Materials provide a variety of activities and resources for students to recognize, read, and write high-frequency words in isolation (e.g., word lists) and in connected text (e.g., within sentences or decodable texts).
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Materials provide a systematic sequence for introducing regular and irregular high-frequency words.
Materials provide scripted direct (explicit) instruction for decoding and encoding regular and irregular high-frequency words.
Materials incorporate a variety of activities and resources for students to develop, practice, and reinforce skills (through cumulative review).
Materials provide a variety of activities and resources for students to recognize, read, and write high-frequency words in isolation (e.g., word lists) and in connected text (e.g., within sentences or decodable texts).
The materials meet the criteria for this indicator. Materials include systematic and direct (explicit) instruction, practice, and review related to using knowledge and application of syllabication to decode and encode one-syllable or multisyllabic words.
Materials provide a systematic sequence for introducing grade-level syllable types and syllable division principles, as outlined in the TEKS. Materials provide scripted direct (explicit) instruction for applying knowledge of syllable types and syllable division principles to decode and encode one-syllable or multisyllabic words. Materials incorporate a variety of activities and resources for students to develop, practice, and reinforce skills (through cumulative review). Materials provide a variety of activities and resources for students to practice decoding and encoding one-syllable or multisyllabic words, using knowledge of syllable types and syllable division principles, in isolation (e.g., word lists) and in decodable connected text that builds on previous instruction (e.g., within sentences or decodable texts).
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Materials provide a systematic sequence for introducing grade-level syllable types and syllable division principles, as outlined in the TEKS.
Materials provide scripted direct (explicit) instruction for applying knowledge of syllable types and syllable division principles to decode and encode one-syllable or multisyllabic words.
Materials incorporate a variety of activities and resources for students to develop, practice, and reinforce skills (through cumulative review).
Materials provide a variety of activities and resources for students to practice decoding and encoding one-syllable or multisyllabic words, using knowledge of syllable types and syllable division principles, in isolation (e.g., word lists) and in decodable connected text that builds on previous instruction (e.g., within sentences or decodable texts).
The materials meet the criteria for this indicator. Materials connect phonics instruction to meaning by providing systematic and direct (explicit) instruction, practice, and review related to developing morphological awareness.
Materials provide a systematic sequence for introducing grade-level morphemes, as outlined in the TEKS. Materials provide direct (explicit) instruction for supporting the recognition of common morphemes. Materials provide direct (explicit) instruction for using the meanings of morphemes (e.g., affixes and base words) to support decoding, encoding, and reading comprehension. Materials incorporate activities and resources for students to develop, practice, and reinforce skills (through cumulative review). Materials provide a variety of activities and resources for students to decode and encode words with morphemes in isolation (e.g., word lists) and in decodable connected text that builds on previous instruction (e.g., within sentences or decodable texts).
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Materials provide a systematic sequence for introducing grade-level morphemes, as outlined in the TEKS.
Materials provide direct (explicit) instruction for supporting recognition of common morphemes.
Materials provide direct (explicit) instruction for using the meanings of morphemes (e.g., affixes and base words) to support decoding, encoding, and reading comprehension.
Materials incorporate a variety of activities and resources for students to develop, practice, and reinforce skills (through cumulative review).
Materials provide a variety of activities and resources for students to decode and encode words with morphemes in isolation (e.g., word lists) and in decodable connected text that builds on previous instruction (e.g., within sentences or decodable texts).
The materials meet the criteria for this indicator. Materials provide frequent opportunities for students to practice and develop word reading fluency, by using knowledge of grade-level phonics skills to read decodable connected texts with accuracy and automaticity.
Materials include embedded modeling and practice with word lists, decodable phrases/sentences, and decodable connected texts in the lesson. Materials provide practice activities for word reading fluency in a variety of settings. Materials provide a variety of grade-level decodable connected texts that are aligned to the phonics scope and sequence.
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Materials include embedded modeling and practice with word lists, decodable phrases/sentences, and decodable connected texts in the lesson.
Materials provide practice activities for word reading fluency in a variety of settings (e.g., independently, in partners, in guided small groups, etc.).
Materials provide a variety of grade-level decodable connected texts that are aligned to the phonics scope and sequence.
The materials meet the criteria for this indicator. Materials include developmentally appropriate diagnostic tools (e.g., formative and summative) and guidance for teachers to measure and monitor student progress.
Materials include a variety of diagnostic tools that are developmentally appropriate. Materials provide clear, consistent directions for the accurate administration of diagnostic tools. Materials include data-management tools for tracking individual and whole-class student progress.
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Materials include a variety of diagnostic tools that are developmentally appropriate.
Materials provide clear, consistent directions for accurate administration of diagnostic tools.
Materials include data-management tools for tracking individual and whole-class student progress.
The materials meet the criteria for this indicator. Materials include integrated progress monitoring tools, with specific guidance on the frequency of use.
Materials include progress monitoring tools that systematically and accurately measure students’ acquisition of grade-level skills. Materials include specific guidance on determining the frequency of progress monitoring based on students’ strengths and needs.
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Materials include progress monitoring tools that systematically and accurately measure student’s acquisition of grade-level skills.
Materials include specific guidance on determining frequency of progress monitoring based on students’ strengths and needs.
The materials meet the criteria for this indicator. Materials include guidance for teachers to analyze and respond to data from diagnostic tools.
Materials support teachers’ analysis of diagnostic data to inform the response to individual students’ strengths and needs. Diagnostic tools provide teachers with guidance on how to plan and differentiate instruction based on student data. Materials include a variety of resources that align with data, allowing teachers to plan different activities in response to student data.
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Materials support teachers’ analysis of diagnostic data to inform response to individual students’ strengths and needs.
Diagnostic tools provide teachers with guidance on how to plan and differentiate instruction based on student data.
Materials include a variety of resources that align to data, allowing teachers to plan different activities in response to student data.
The materials partially meet the criteria for this indicator. Materials include some guidance, scaffolds, supports, and extensions that maximize student learning potential.
Materials provide targeted instruction and activities to scaffold learning for students who have not yet mastered grade-level foundational phonics skills. Materials provide some instruction to accelerate learning for students who have achieved grade-level mastery of foundational phonics skills. Guidance is general and does not relate to targeted skills. Materials provide enrichment activities for all levels of learners.
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Materials provide targeted instruction and activities to scaffold learning for students who have not yet mastered grade-level foundational phonics skills.
Materials provide targeted instruction and activities to accelerate learning for students who have achieved grade-level mastery of foundational phonics skills.
Materials provide enrichment activities for all levels of learners.
The materials meet the criteria for this indicator. Materials include a variety of instructional methods that appeal to a variety of learning interests and needs.
Materials include a variety of developmentally appropriate instructional approaches to engage students in mastery of the content. Materials support a variety of instructional settings (e.g., whole group, small group, one-on-one).
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Materials include a variety of developmentally appropriate instructional approaches to engage students in mastery of the content.
Materials support a variety of instructional settings (e.g., whole group, small group, one-on-one).
The materials meet the criteria for this indicator. Materials include supports for Emergent Bilinguals to meet grade-level learning expectations.
Materials include linguistic accommodations (communicated, sequenced, and scaffolded) commensurate with various levels of English language proficiency as defined by the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS). Materials do encourage strategic use of students’ first language as a means of linguistic, affective, cognitive, and academic development in English.
Evidence includes but is not limited to:
Materials include linguistic accommodations (communicated, sequenced, and scaffolded) commensurate with various levels of English language proficiency as defined by the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS).
Materials encourage strategic use of students’ first language as a means to linguistic, affective, cognitive, and academic development in English.
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