: Distinguishing between vowels and consonants, hard and soft consonants, and syllables.
: Circle the "extra" sound in a set (e.g., finding the only consonant in a list of vowels). Grading Criteria : Distinguishing between vowels and consonants, hard and
Dividing words into syllables and placing stress (ударение). Counting vowels; identifying stressed syllables. : Distinguishing between vowels and consonants
: Divide words like книга (book) or ракета (rocket) with vertical lines. hard and soft consonants
Assessments at this stage often use a qualitative scale rather than traditional grades: : All tasks completed without errors. Average Level : 3 out of 5 tasks completed correctly.
: Recognizing word boundaries, sentences, and identifying punctuation marks. Assessment Content & Structure
: List or underline all letters representing soft consonants in a given sentence.