Storytime: A Cap for Dad

Ages 3–5 · 9 minutes · English

Build confidence with this fiction read along that features beginner sight words

In the Read Along activity, learners will:

- practice an enjoyable read along by taking turns with the teacher
- gain experience reading fiction text
- build reader confidence with sight words
- read -ap, -ad, wh-, -am and -ab words
- read the complete short story independently

Some prior reading experience or Completion of Learn to Read 1-5 may be helpful.

Part of

Learn to Read

Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Alabama

ELA21.K.15 — Orally read and reread grade-appropriate decodable texts smoothly, accurately, and expressively, at an appropriate rate to support comprehension.
ELA21.K.16 — Recognize and read grade-appropriate high-frequency words with accuracy and automaticity.
ELA21.K.10c — Decode consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words in isolation and in decodable text.
ELA21.K.10i — Decode grade-appropriate high frequency words that are spelled using predictable, decodable phoneme-grapheme correspondences.
ELA21.K.14 — Apply previously-taught phoneme-grapheme correspondences to decodable words with accuracy and automaticity, in and out of context.
ELA21.K.3 — Actively participate in teacher-led choral and shared reading experiences.

Alaska

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight. (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in shared reading activities using literature from a variety of cultures with purpose and understanding, and scaffolding as needed.

Arizona

K.RF.3.c — Read 50 common high-frequency words by sight from a research-based word list.
K.RF.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
K.RF.3.b — Decode regularly spelled closed-syllable words.
K.RL.10 — With prompting and support, actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Arkansas

K.FR.12.PD — Read high-frequency words.
K.FR.22.F — Orally read texts consisting of previously taught grapheme-phoneme correspondences, self-correcting as necessary.
K.FR.9.PD — Decode one-syllable words with single consonants and all short vowels (e.g., bag, sip, web, hog, cut).
K.FR.13.PD — Decode words with suffix -s (e.g., sits, maps, runs).

California

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words both in isolation and in text.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Colorado

RWC20-GR.K-S.2-GLE.3-EO.b.vi — Read text consisting of short sentences comprised of learned sight words and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
RWC20-GR.K-S.2-GLE.3-EO.c.iii — Read common high-frequency words by sight (for example: the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RWC20-GR.K-S.2-GLE.3-EO.d — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RWC20-GR.PS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.a — Show interest in shared reading experiences and looking at books independently.
RWC20-GR.PS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.b — Recognize how books are read, such as front-to-back and one page at a time, and recognize basic characteristics, such as title, author, and illustrator.

Connecticut

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Delaware

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Florida

ELA.K.F.1.3 — Use knowledge of grade-appropriate phonics and word-analysis skills to decode words accurately. • Demonstrate knowledge of the most frequent sound for each consonant. • Demonstrate knowledge of the short and long sounds for the five major vowels. • Decode consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words. • Encode consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
ELA.K.F.1.4 — Recognize and read with automaticity grade-level high frequency words.
ELA.K.F.1.1 — Demonstrate knowledge of the basic concepts of print. • Locate a printed word on a page. • Distinguish letters from words within sentences. • Match print to speech to demonstrate that language is represented by print. • Identify parts of a book (front cover, back cover, title page). • Move top to bottom and left to right on the printed page; returning to the beginning of the next line. • Identify all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet. • Recognize that print conveys specific meaning and pictures may support meaning.

Georgia

ELAGSEKRF4 — Read common high-frequency words by sight. (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does); read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
ELAGSEKRF3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
ELAGSEKRL10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
ELAGSEKRF3.c — Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

Hawaii

K.RF.3c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
K.RF.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
K.RF.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
K.RL.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Idaho

K.FR.PH.3c — Read common high-frequency words with automaticity by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
K.RC.RF.4 — Read emergent-reader texts (e.g., rhymes, songs, simple poems) with purpose and understanding.
K.FR.PH.3 — Use knowledge of grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Illinois

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Indiana

K.RF.9 — Orally read decodable texts with appropriate accuracy and automaticity.
K.RF.8 — Use letter-sound knowledge to decode words, including open and closed syllables, consonant digraphs, and blends. (E)

Iowa

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words with accuracy and automaticity (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Orally read grade-appropriate text with purpose and understanding.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics, which includes word analysis skills to support decoding and encoding words.

Kansas

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Kentucky

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight.
RF.K.4.a — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.K.4 — Read fluently (accuracy, speed and prosody) on grade-level to support comprehension.

Louisiana

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Maine

R.12.K.a — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
R.3.K.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
R.3.1.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
SL.2.K.b — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, gather information, or clarify something that is not understood.

Maryland

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Massachusetts

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read early-emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Michigan

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Minnesota

0.1.1.2.b — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words: read high-frequency words, in and out of context, demonstrating both accuracy and automaticity.
0.1.1.3 — Read decodable texts accurately, with guidance and support. (Decodable texts are those that include words taught in phonics lesson.)
0.1.1.2 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words:
0.1.1.2.a — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words: decode words using one-to-one letter sound correspondences in three-phoneme CVC words and knowledge of word families, demonstrating both accuracy and automaticity.
0.1.2.1 — With guidance and support, read and monitor understanding of grade-level text, self-correcting as needed, using strategies including, but not limited to, decoding, asking questions and making connections.

Mississippi

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Missouri

K.RF.3.A.b — reading high-frequency words
K.RF.4.A — Read, with support, appropriate texts with purpose and understanding
K.R.1.D.a — engaging with text as developmentally appropriate
K.RF.3.A.c — blending letter sounds to decode simple words

Montana

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Nebraska

LA.K.F.4.b — Read decodable consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words with automaticity and accuracy.
LA.K.F.4.c — Read grade level high-frequency words with automaticity and accuracy (e.g. Fry or Dolch words or those included in instructional materials).
LA.K.F.3.c — Decode consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
LA.K.F.4 — Develop accuracy, phrasing, and expression/prosody while reading a variety of grade-level texts to support comprehension.
LA.K.RP.8 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Nevada

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

New Hampshire

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

New Jersey

RF.K.3.c — Read high-frequency and sight words with automaticity.
RF.K.4.a — Read emergent-readers with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.4 — Read emergent texts with one-to-one correspondence to develop fluency and comprehension skills
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding words.

New Mexico

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

New York

KRF3b — Decode short vowel sounds with common spellings.
KRF3c — Decode some regularly spelled one-syllable words.
KRF3d — Read common high-frequency words by sight.
PKRF4 — Displays emergent reading behaviors with purpose and understanding.
KRF4 — Will engage with emergent level texts and read-alouds to demonstrate comprehension.

North Carolina

RF.K.4.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight.
RF.K.5 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.4 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

North Dakota

K.F.8 — Decode words with phoneme-grapheme correspondences:
K.F.8b — predictable short vowels spelled with a, i, o, u, e
K.F.8d — irregularly spelled high-frequency words.
K.R.8 — Use a variety of fiction texts.

Ohio

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. Activate prior knowledge and draw on previous experiences in order to make text-to-self or text-to-text connections and comparisons.

Oklahoma

K.2.F.3 — Students will begin to develop a sight word vocabulary by decoding and reading regularly- and irregularly-spelled words in isolation and context with increasing automaticity.
K.8.R — Students will listen and respond to read-alouds, participate in shared reading, and interact independently with texts.
K.2.PWS.4 — Students will blend letter sounds to decode simple Vowel/Consonant (VC) and Consonant/Vowel/Consonant (CVC) words (e.g., VC words = at, in, up; CVC words = pat, hen, lot).
PK.8.R — Students will listen and respond to read-alouds, participate in shared reading, and interact independently with texts.

Oregon

K.RF.3c — Read common grade-appropriate high-frequency words by sight.
K.RF.4 — Read emergent texts to develop fluency and comprehension skills.
K.RF.3e — Decode cvc words.
K.RL.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Pennsylvania

CC.1.1.K.D — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. • Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondence. • Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings for the five major vowels. • Read grade-level high-frequency sight words with automaticity. • Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
CC.1.1.K.E — Read emergent-reader text with purpose and understanding.
CC.1.3.K.K — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
CC.1.2.K.E — Identify parts of a book (title, author) and parts of a text (beginning, end, details).

Rhode Island

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read early-emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

South Carolina

ELA.K.F.4.1 — Read high-frequency words commonly found in grade-appropriate text with accuracy and automaticity.
ELA.K.F.4.2 — Read texts orally with accuracy and expression.
ELA.K.F.4 — Read and reread grade-appropriate texts with accuracy and expression at an appropriate rate to support comprehension. (FK -1.3-2.18 LF BR-430)
ELA.K.F.4.3 — Read texts by: a. using letter-sound knowledge to segment and blend sounds together; b. decoding the word by analogy; and c. using visuals from the text to support decoding and confirm recognition.

South Dakota

K.RF.3.c — Read grade-level appropriate high-frequency words by sight.
K.RF.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension
K.RF.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
K.RF.4.c — Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

Tennessee

K.FL.F.5.a — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
K.FL.PWR.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight.

Texas

K.2B.iv — identifying and reading at least 25 high-frequency words from a research-based list;
K.2B.ii — using letter-sound relationships to decode, including VC, CVC, CCVC, and CVCC words;
K.2D.i — identifying the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book;

Utah

K.R.3.d — Demonstrate mastery of segmenting and blending sounds in VC and CVC words when reading.
K.R.3.e — Read and spell common irregular words.
K.R.4 — Read grade-level text* with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. (RL & RI)

Vermont

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Virginia

K.DSR.1.A — Use knowledge of letter-sound correspondences to read and reread controlled decodable sentences and texts that include phonic elements and irregular words (Reading Fluency, K-12).
K.FFR.3.H — Use letter-sound correspondences to read grade-level high frequency words, including decodable and irregular words, with automaticity and accuracy.
K.FFR.3.G — Decode (read) and encode (spell) words with short vowels, including words beginning or ending in a digraph (e.g., ch, sh, th, wh).
K.FFR.1.E — Identify the front cover, back cover and title of a text.

Washington

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Washington, D.C.

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

West Virginia

ELA.K.I — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
ELA.K.II.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, or does).
ELA.K.18 — Actively engage in group reading activities of literary texts with purpose and understanding.
ELA.PK.FR.BA.1 — Show interest in shared reading and looking at books independently.
ELA.1.II.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Wisconsin

ELA.K.RF.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
ELA.K.RF.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
ELA.K.RF.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Wyoming

RF.K.3.c — Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.