Georgia K.F.PA.5.b

ELAKindergartenOnsets & Rimes

The Standard

Segment onsets and rimes of spoken one-syllable words.

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

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students break a word they hear into its beginning consonant sound or blend and the remaining vowel sound plus ending sounds. They say both parts aloud.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can hear cat and say /c/ and /at/. The student also keeps a beginning blend together, splitting stop into /st/ and /op/.
Common Misconceptions: Students may separate the first letter instead of the first sound or consonant blend. They may split every sound apart, such as /c/ /a/ /t/, rather than /c/ /at/.
How to Assess It: Say sun, fish, and stop. Ask each student to repeat each word, then say its onset and rime separately.

Lesson moves

Give each child two linking cubes; say sun, map, and fish, then have students pull the cubes apart while saying each onset and rime.
Ask, "How would you split stop into two sound parts, and why does /st/ stay together?"
Play Onset-Rime Toss: say a word, toss a beanbag, and have the catcher say its onset and rime.
During cleanup, name objects such as cup, bin, and clock, then have students split each name into its onset and rime.

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