Kindergarten Reading Mastery

Level 1: Continuous CV Sound Blending

STAGE 1 DepEd MATATAG Kinder

Name:

Date:

Score: / 16

Part A Say the first sound, slide your finger smoothly to the vowel, and read the blend aloud:

m

➔

a

=

ma

s

➔

a

=

sa

b

➔

a

=

ba

t

➔

a

=

ta

n

➔

o

=

no

g

➔

o

=

go

Trace and write your favorite blend on the 3-tier school lines:

ma

sa

no

go

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Date:

Skill: CV Puzzle Snaps ⭐

Part A Snap the letter puzzle pieces together. Say each sound and read the blend:

m + e

= me

h + e

= he

w + e

= we

b + e

= be

s + o

= so

g + o

= go

Part B Listen to your teacher or parent. Circle the bubble that makes the spoken sound:

1. Listen for "ma":

ma me mo

2. Listen for "he":

ha he ho

3. Listen for "so":

sa se so

4. Listen for "go":

ga ge go

Freddy Frog's Sound Hop

Level 1: Lily Pad Trail & Decodable Mini Stories

STAGE 3 Fluency & Mastery

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Date:

Target: 10 Target Blends ⭐

Hop & Read Help Freddy Frog hop across all 10 lily pads! Read each blend as you tap it:

Freddy the Reading Frog - Google Nano Banana Line Art

ma

sa

ba

ta

me

he

we

be

no

go

Story Time Read these decodable mini stories with voice expression! Color a star for each read:

Story 1: We Go to the Pond

★ ★ ★

We go! He is so big. Me and he go to see Freddy. Freddy can hop so far on the pond!

Story 2: Teddy Can Go

★ ★ ★

No, no! Teddy, go! He can go so fast. We see Teddy go by the mat. We win!

🏅 Level 1 Completion: "I can blend 2-letter CV sounds smoothly!"

Color Badge:

Answer Key & Coaching Guide

Level 1: Continuous Phonation & CV Blending

TEACHER KEY Score Matrix (16 Pts)

Activity Verification & Solutions Max: 16 Points

Page 1: Sound Sliders (6 pts)

• m ➔ a = ma

• s ➔ a = sa

• b ➔ a = ba

• t ➔ a = ta

• n ➔ o = no

• g ➔ o = go

Criterion: Slides continuously without stopping airflow.

Page 2: Puzzle Equations (6 pts)

• m + e = me

• h + e = he

• w + e = we

• b + e = be

• s + o = so

• g + o = go

Part B Listen & Circle:

1. ma | 2. he | 3. so | 4. go

Page 3: Lily Pad & Stories (4 pts)

10-Pad Hop: Reads all 10 blends (ma, sa, ba, ta, me, he, we, be, no, go) smoothly within 15 seconds.

Decodable Stories:

• Tracks left-to-right with finger.

• Pauses at period stops.

• Recognizes sight blends at glance.

Kiddie Blocks 10-Level Reading Progression Roadmap Systematic Phonics

Level	Target Literacy Skill	Target Phonetic Exemplars	Curriculum Phase
Level 1	CV Blending & Continuous Phonation	ma, sa, ba, ta, me, he, we, be, no, so, go	★ CURRENT LEVEL
Level 2	VC Foundations & Rhyme Bases	-am, -an, -at, -in, -it, -on, -op, -up	Next Target
Level 3–5	CVC Short Vowels & Sight Words	cat, hen, pig, dog, sun; decodable sentences	Kindergarten Bridge
Level 6	Beginning & Ending Blends & Digraphs	frog, stop, drum; ship, chop, thin, duck	Grade 1 (Q1)
Level 7–8	Silent E & Vowel Teams	cake, bike, bone; rain, feet, boat, cloud	Grade 1 (Q2–Q4)
Level 9–10	R-Controlled & Fluency Passages	star, bird, fork; multi-paragraph stories	Grade 2 Mastery

Kindergarten Reading Diagnostic Rubric (DepEd MATATAG / ECCD Aligned) Early Literacy

Skill Level	Observed Reading & Decoding Behavior	Recommended Next Step
Mastery (85%–100%) 14–16 Points	Seamlessly slides consonant sound directly into the vowel without pausing or dropping air; reads all 10 CV blends within 2 seconds each.	Advance directly to Level 2: VC Foundations & Rhyme Bases (-at, -an, -in, -op).
Developing (60%–84%) 10–13 Points	Occasionally produces choppy pauses (e.g. says /m/... /a/ before saying 'ma'); recognizes continuous consonants (m, s) faster than stop consonants (b, t).	Practice physical finger-sliding drills on the sound slide track; hold the consonant sound longer into the vowel.
Beginning (<60%) 0–9 Points	Guesses letters randomly or cannot combine two isolated phonemes into an open syllable unit.	Revisit isolated letter-sound recognition drills with tactile sandpaper letters and mirror mouth modeling.