Kentucky Reading and Writing RF.1.3.e

ELA1st GradeReading Foundational Skills

The Standard

RF.1.3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding words.

With adult support, decode two-syllable words by breaking the words into syllables.

Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Phonics and Word Recognition

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students break a printed word into two syllables. With an adult's prompt, they read each part and put them together to say the whole word.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given napkin, a student marks nap/kin, reads each part, then says napkin. With a brief prompt, they can do the same with another word like basket.
Common Misconceptions: Students may count vowel letters instead of syllables and call boat a two-syllable word. They may read sun in sunset, then guess the rest instead of sounding out set.
How to Assess It: Write napkin on a card. Ask, 'Where would you split it? Read each part, then say the whole word.' Point to the vowels if the student needs a hint.

Lesson moves

Give students paper strips marked sun, set, pic, and nic; have them pair the strips to make sunset and picnic, then read both words.
Write napkin on the board and ask partners, 'Where would you split it, and how does each part help you read the word?'
Play a matching game with cards marked rab, bit, bas, and ket; students make rabbit and basket, then read each word.
Show a popcorn package; students mark pop/corn on a paper copy of the label and read the word aloud.

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