CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2d
The Standard
Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students listen to a short word such as map and say each sound in order: /m/, /ă/, /p/. They also identify the beginning, middle vowel, and ending sounds.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can hear an unfamiliar short word and say its three sounds in order. The student can name the beginning, middle, or ending sound without seeing the word in print.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may say letter names instead of sounds, or split map into /m/ and /ap/. They may skip the middle vowel or add an extra vowel sound, saying /muh/ instead of /m/.
How to Assess It
- Say sun, map, and pig. For each word, ask the student to say the beginning, middle, and ending sound while pointing to three boxes.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give students three counters and sound boxes, say sun, then have them push one counter for each sound they hear.
Ask students which sound changes between map and mop, then have them explain where they hear the change.
Play Sound Spot: say a word and a sound, then students point to first, middle, or last on a three-part card.
Run a classroom sound hunt where students find a pen, cup, or bag and tell a partner each sound.
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2a
Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.2c
Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
- 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.1.2d
Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).
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