South Dakota ELA 1.RF.2.c

ELA1st GradeReading Foundational Skills

The Standard

1.RF.2: Demonstrate proficiency of identifying, blending, and segmenting phonemes (sounds) in spoken words.

Identify common phonemes in different words (e.g., identifying the /s/ sound in "sun" and "sand").

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students listen to spoken words and find a sound they hear in more than one word. They notice the sound even when it comes at the start of one word and the end of another.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student hears sun, sand, and bus and says all three have /s/. They can point out that /s/ starts sun and ends bus.
Common Misconceptions: Some students say the letter name “ess” instead of the sound /s/. Others miss /s/ at the end of bus or mistake /sh/ in ship for /s/.
How to Assess It: Say sun, bus, and map aloud. Ask, “Which words have /s/? Where do you hear it in each word?”

Lesson moves

Give pairs picture cards for sun, bus, ship, and fish, and have them sort the cards by whether they hear /s/.
Say sun, sand, and bus aloud, then ask, “What sound do all three share, and where do you hear it?”
Play sound match with picture cards for sun, bus, map, and ham, asking pairs to find two words that share /s/ or /m/.
Set out a sock, spoon, and cup, then ask students which object names share /s/.

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