Words Their WayGESS Grade Age Standards – Semester 1

Grade

Emerging Developing Achieved Working Beyond

Fou 1 Consonants Initial Consonants Initial Consonants Final

Short VowelsFou 2/One

Consonants InitialConsonants FinalShort VowelsDigraphsBlends

Long Vowels

Two Short VowelsDigraphsBlendsLong VowelsOther Vowels

Inflected Endings

Three Blends

Long VowelsOther VowelsInflected EndingsSyllable Junctures

Unaccented Final Syllables

Four Other VowelsInflected EndingsSyllable JuncturesUnaccented Final SyllablesAffixes

Reduced Vowels in Unaccented Syllables

Five Syllable JuncturesUnaccented Final SyllablesAffixesReduced Vowels in Unaccented SyllablesGreek and Latin Elements

Assimilated Prefixes

Book Spelling Stage

EmergentConsonants Initial

Grade 1

Consonants Final

Letter Name-Alphabetic

Short Vowels

Digraphs

Grade 2Blends

Grade 3Within Word Pattern

Long Vowels

Other Vowels

Inflected Endings

Grade 4Syllables and Affixes

Syllable Junctures

Grade 5

Unaccented Final Syllables

Affixes

Derivational Relations

Reduced Vowels in Unaccented Syllables

Greek and Latin Elements

Assimilated Prefixes

Note: Some spelling stages span across two books.Developed by Joram Hutchins, October 2010