Kentucky Reading and Writing RF.5.2

ELA5th GradeReading Foundational Skills

The Standard

No Phonological Awareness Standard for grade 5.

Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Phonological Awareness

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: There is no grade 5 phonological awareness skill to teach or grade. If a student struggles to read unfamiliar words, check whether they can hear, separate, and change sounds in spoken words.
What Mastery Looks Like: There is no grade 5 mastery benchmark here. A student who needs support can say the sounds in a spoken word and change one sound to make a new word.
Common Misconceptions: Some students count letters instead of sounds, saying ship has four sounds. Others remove a whole syllable when asked to remove one sound.
How to Assess It: For a student who struggles to read unfamiliar words, say, "Say slip without /s/." Listen for lip.

Lesson moves

For a student needing support, say ship and have them slide one counter for each sound they hear.
Ask, "Why does ship have three sounds but four letters?" Have the student explain aloud or in one sentence.
Play a word-change round: say slip, remove /s/, then replace /l/ with /t/; students say each new word.
Use names from the class roster: say Pam, change /p/ to /s/, and ask what name students hear.

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