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Ontario Language: Language foundations (B2)
62 expectations · 47 with words
Language foundations, kindergarten to grade 3.
Kindergarten
9 expectations- A2.1Name upper- and lowercase lettersAbout letters, not about reading words.
- A2.2Write the lettersAbout letters, not about reading words.
- A2.3Isolate, blend and segment phonemesListening and speaking, with no written words.
- A2.4The most common sound of each consonant
- A2.4ch, ck, sh, th (thick) and wh
- A2.4Short vowels
- A2.5Read and spell CV, VC and CVC words
- A2.6Read short sentences fluentlyAbout sentences, not single words.
- A1.3Suffixes -s, -es, -ed and -ing
Grade 1
33 expectations- B2.1Blend and segment phonemesListening and speaking, with no written words.
- B2.2Name and write the letters in and out of orderAbout letters, not about reading words.
- B2.3-all, -oll, -ull
- B2.3ph, nk, soft c and soft g
- B2.3VCe
- B2.3VCe exceptions
- B2.3Long vowels in -ild, -old, -ind, -olt, -ost
- B2.3y and i said /ī/, e said /ē/
- B2.3-le words
- B2.3R-controlled vowels
- B2.3Long vowel teams
- B2.3au, aw, augh
- B2.3ea said three ways
- B2.3air, are, ear said /air/
- B2.3Diphthongsoi, oy, ou, ow
- B2.3Silent letterskn, wr, mb
- B2.4Read and spell CVC, CCVC, CVCC, CCVCC and CVCe words
- B2.4Longer words, a syllable at a time
- B2.5/k/ spelt k, c or ck
- B2.5Long VCC, long y, i and e, and -le endings
- B2.5-tch, -dge, -ff, -ll, -ss, -zz after a short vowel
- B2.5/v/ at the end of a word-ve
- B2.5Plural -s or -es
- B2.5Irregular pluralsEach is a form of its own word: see the word's family on its page.
- B2.5ai or ay, oi or oy, ou or ow
- B2.5Doubling, dropping e, y to i
- B2.6Prefixes un-, re-, dis-
- B2.6Suffixes -ing, -er, -or, -est, -ly
- B2.6The three sounds of -ed
- B2.6Compound words
- B2.6Words with irregularities
- B2.7VocabularyAbout meaning, not about reading words.
- B2.8Reading fluencyAbout reading texts, not single words.
Grade 2
13 expectations- B2.1Read and spell longer words, a syllable at a time
- B2.2-ar and -or said /er/
- B2.2air, are, ear
- B2.2Long aei, ey, eigh, ea
- B2.2ew, eu, ue said /yū/; ou said /ü/
- B2.2ough said /aw/
- B2.2e, i and y after a soft c or g
- B2.2ch said /sh/ and /k/, gn, gh
- B2.3Prefixes pre-, uni-, bi-, tri-, dis- and more
- B2.3Suffixes -ion, -ure, -er, -or, -ist, -ish, -y, -ness, -less, -able, -ible, -ful
- B2.3Words with irregularities
- B2.4VocabularyAbout meaning, not about reading words.
- B2.5Reading fluencyAbout reading texts, not single words.
Grade 3
7 expectations- B2.1Read and spell complex longer words
- B2.2Most common spellings, reviewedA review of the earlier grades, with no spelling of its own.
- B2.3Prefixes trans-, post-, inter-, sub-, anti- and more; suffixes -ic, -al, -ous, -iveNot in our words yet.
- B2.3Suffixes -y, -ly, -ful, -less
- B2.3Words with irregularities
- B2.4VocabularyAbout meaning, not about reading words.
- B2.5Reading fluencyAbout reading texts, not single words.
The wording of each line is ours, shortened. A line is a pattern the expectation's More details name; the codes are those of The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1–8: Language (2023) and the Kindergarten Curriculum (2026), © King's Printer for Ontario.
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