CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2d
The Standard
Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
What This Standard Means
Students need to hear a short spoken word and pull it apart into every sound they hear. For example, they should say that map has /m/ /a/ /p/, not just /m/ and /p/. They are working with sounds, not letters, so eyes can stay off print at first.
Mastery looks like slow, clear, accurate sound-by-sound segmenting for simple one-syllable words, including words with beginning or ending blends like stop or milk. Students often miss the middle vowel sound, blend two sounds together, or confuse letter names with sounds.
Ways to Teach It
- Have students push one counter into a sound box for each sound they hear in words like sun, fish, clap, and tent.
- Ask, "What sounds do you hear in the word ship?" then have partners check by tapping one finger for each sound.
- Say five words aloud and have students hold up fingers to show the number of sounds, then segment one word for you.
- Use classmates' names or snack words, like Sam or chips, and have students stretch each word into sounds before saying it normally.
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2c
Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2
Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2b
Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2c
Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.