South Dakota ELA 2.RF.2.c

ELA2nd GradeReading Foundational Skills

The Standard

2.RF.2: Demonstrate proficiency of spoken words, syllables, and phonemes (sounds).

Segment 5-6 phonemes in words.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students listen to a spoken word and break it into five or six individual sounds. They say the sounds in order, not the syllables or letter names.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can say the five sounds in “stamp” and the six in “stamps,” in order. They can move one counter for each sound without seeing the words written.
Common Misconceptions: Some students clap syllables instead of separating sounds. Others count letters, or treat /st/ in “stamp” as one sound because they say it quickly.
How to Assess It: Say “stamps” twice. Ask students to slide one counter for each sound, then say the sounds in order. Look for six counters and a final /s/.

Lesson moves

Give each student six counters; say “crisp” and “prints,” and have them push one counter for each sound they hear.
Ask, “What extra sound do you hear in ‘stamps’ that you do not hear in ‘stamp’? Where is it?”
Say “plant,” “plants,” “stamp,” and “stamps”; have partners sort them by sound count and say each sound to check.
At the coat rack, point to backpack straps; have students say “straps” slowly and tap its six sounds on their fingers.

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