CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.3e
The Standard
Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students break a two-syllable word into two spoken parts. They use familiar letter sounds and vowel patterns to read each part, then blend the parts together.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can divide an unfamiliar two-syllable word into readable parts. They read each syllable, blend the parts, and check whether the result sounds like a real word.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may split a word between random letters instead of between spoken syllables. They may read each syllable correctly but fail to blend them, or confuse short and long vowel sounds.
How to Assess It
- Give students the words sunset, rabbit, picnic, and robot. Ask them to mark the syllable break, read each part, then read the whole word.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs letter cards for napkin, sunset, and rabbit, then have them build, split, and read each word.
Ask students to explain where they would split picnic and how each syllable helps them read the whole word.
Play Syllable Match by having students pair cards such as sun and set, then read each completed word aloud.
Collect two-syllable words from classroom labels, lunch menus, or signs, then mark the syllables and read them together.
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