Kentucky Reading and Writing RF.2.3.e

ELA2nd GradeReading Foundational Skills

The Standard

RF.2.3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding words.

Identify, decode, encode and know the meaning of words with the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.

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

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students find common prefixes and suffixes in words. They use those parts to read and spell words, then explain how the parts change each word’s meaning.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student reads and spells replay and careless without help. They identify play and care as the base words and explain that replay means play again and careless means without care.
Common Misconceptions: Students may skip re- when reading replay or spell careless with one s. Some think replay means play before, rather than play again.
How to Assess It: Dictate unkind and hopeful. Have students write and read each word, mark its base word and added part, and explain its meaning.

Lesson moves

Hand pairs cards marked re-, un-, play, kind, care, -ful, and -less; have them build, read, and explain replay, unkind, and careful.
Write “Mia was careful with the paint” and “Mia was careless with the paint”; ask what each sentence suggests Mia did.
Play word-part bingo: call out “not kind,” “play again,” and “without care”; students cover unkind, replay, and careless, then spell one.
Show a refill sign from a water station; ask students to write what refill means and when they would refill a bottle.

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