South Dakota ELA 1.RF.3.c

ELA1st GradeReading Foundational Skills

The Standard

1.RF.3: Decode and encode using grade-level phonics and word analysis skills.

Decode and encode one-syllable words with regular spelling patterns, including CVC, CCVC, CVCC, CVVC, CVCe in context.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students read and spell one-syllable words in short sentences, such as cat, clap, milk, rain, and cake. They use the letters to work out each word, then check that it makes sense in the sentence.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student reads 'The frog sat on a rock in the rain' without skipping frog, rock, or rain. When the teacher says 'The cake is on the rock,' the student writes the sentence and spells cake and rock correctly.
Common Misconceptions: Students may leave out the second consonant in clap or the final consonant in milk. They may read rain with a short a sound or try to sound out the final e in cake.
How to Assess It: Write 'The frog sat on a rock in the rain' for students to read aloud. Then dictate 'The frog sat at the gate' and check their spelling of frog, sat, and gate.

Lesson moves

Give pairs letter tiles to build cat, clap, milk, rain, and cake, then have them put each word in a sentence.
Ask partners to read 'Rain fell on the cake' and point to the letters that spell the long a in each word.
Play word-card bingo with cat, clap, milk, rain, and cake; say each word in a sentence before students cover its card.
Hand out a grocery list with milk, jam, cake, and rice; students read it and write two items in a shopping sentence.

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