South Dakota ELA 1.RF.2.h

ELA1st GradeReading Foundational Skills

The Standard

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

Segment spoken words into individual phonemes. Demonstrate awareness of:

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students listen to a spoken word and say each sound in order. They separate sounds without using letters or clapping syllables.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can say the three sounds in “ship” and the four sounds in “flag.” They keep the sounds in order and hear “sh” as one sound.
Common Misconceptions: Some students count syllables instead of individual sounds. Others count written letters, treating “sh” as two sounds or a blend like “fl” as one.
How to Assess It: Say “ship” and “flag” aloud. Ask each student to repeat each word, then tap once for every sound they hear.

Lesson moves

Give students three counters and three boxes; have them move one counter per sound as they say “fish” slowly.
Say “stop” slowly and ask, “Do you hear one sound or two before the vowel? What are they?”
Call out “sun,” “ship,” and “frog”; students hold up one finger for each sound, then compare counts with a partner.
At snack, say “milk” and “cup”; have students tap each sound they hear in the names of those items.

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