Georgia 1.F.PA.4.d

ELA1st GradeSyllables

The Standard

Add, delete, and substitute syllables in spoken words.

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Foundations (F) · Phonological Awareness

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students listen for the larger spoken parts in a word. They make a new word by putting in, taking out, or changing one whole syllable without relying on print.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student responds orally without needing to see the word in print. The student can make cupcake from cake, make bow from rainbow, and change toothbrush to hairbrush.
Common Misconceptions: Students may count sounds or letters instead of spoken beats. They may remove the wrong syllable or change only one sound. Some think every result must be a real word.
How to Assess It: Give this oral exit check: "Add cup before cake; say rainbow without rain; in toothbrush, change tooth to hair." Listen for cupcake, bow, and hairbrush.

Lesson moves

Build compound words with picture cards, then remove or swap one card and say the new word aloud.
Have students answer the prompt, "Change pan in pancake to cup," then explain to a partner what they changed.
Play Syllable Switch by saying "rainbow," replacing "rain" with "cross," and awarding a point for the answer "crossbow."
During snack time, change familiar food words, such as cupcake without cup or pancake with cup replacing pan.

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