ETA/Cuisenaire: CenterStage Math

Set A Set B Set C Set D Small-Group Packages Scope Components Skills

Print Awareness		K	1	2	3
	Develops an understanding of letter concepts

	Develops an understanding of word concepts

	Develops an understanding of sentence concepts

	Matches spoken words to print

	Recognizes own name and common environmental print

	Demonstrates knowledge of word spaces

	Demonstrates knowledge of directionality: left to right, top to bottom, front to back

	Demonstrates ability to hold a book upright

	Identifies the front cover and back of a book

	Identifies the location of the title

	Identifies the location of the author’s name

	Identifies page numbers
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
	Identifies and segments syllables in spoken words

	Recognizes and produces rhyming words

	Recognizes and produces alliteration/repeated sounds

	Identifies, matches, and isolates initial sounds

	Identifies, matches, and isolates final sounds

	Blends sounds (phonemes) to make words

	Segments words into sounds (phonemes)

	Identifies sounds within words (beginning, middle, end)

	Adds phonemes to change words

	Deletes phonemes to change words

	Replaces phonemes to change words
Alphabetic Principle
	Names and identifies letters of the alphabet

	Demonstrates knowledge of the visual forms of letters

	Knows the order of the alphabet

	Identifies and names all uppercase and lowercase letters

	Matches uppercase and lowercase letters

	Names and explains the difference in oral formation of vowels and consonants

	Uses ABC order to organize/look up information
Letter-Sound Relationships
	Understands that words are composed of letters/represent sounds

	Uses knowledge of letter-sound relationships

	Identifies and applies knowledge of consonants

	Identifies and applies knowledge of hard and soft c and g

	Identifies and applies knowledge of short vowels

	Applies knowledge of phonograms/rimes/word families

	Identifies and applies knowledge of final e in CVCe words

	Identifies and applies knowledge of y (consonant sound, vowel sound)

	Identifies and applies knowledge of vowel digraphs (long vowel sounds)

	Applies knowledge of r-controlled vowel combinations (ar, er, ir, or, ur)

	Applies knowledge of other vowel combinations and diphthongs

	Identifies and applies knowledge of initial consonant blends

	Identifies and applies knowledge of final consonant blends

	Identifies and applies knowledge of initial consonant digraphs

	Identifies and applies knowledge of final consonant digraphs