CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2c
The Standard
Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
What This Standard Means
Students need to hear a spoken word in two parts, the first sound or sounds before the vowel, and the rest of the word. They also need to put those two parts back together to say the whole word. Use only spoken words at first, not printed letters.
Mastery sounds like a child hearing /m/ and /ap/ and saying map, then hearing sun and saying /s/ and /un/. Students often mix this up with counting every sound. They may also struggle when the first chunk has two sounds, like /st/ in stop.
Ways to Teach It
- Use picture cards for cat, dog, fish, and star, then say the parts aloud and have students touch the matching picture.
- Ask, “What word do I make with /b/ and /all/?” then have students make a new word for a partner.
- Say five words, and students show thumbs up if your spoken onset and rime match the word.
- During morning routines, split familiar names like Sam, Max, and Jen into onset and rime, then blend them together.
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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.1.2b
Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2b
Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2d
Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).