South Dakota ELA 5.RF.2

ELA5th GradeReading Foundational Skills

The Standard

There is not a grade 5 standard for this concept. Please see preceding grades for more information.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: There is no new grade 5 skill to teach here. If a student has trouble reading or spelling words, check earlier skills such as hearing and changing sounds in spoken words.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student who needs review can say the four sounds in “smile” and make “mile” by removing /s/. They can do this without seeing the written words.
Common Misconceptions: Some students count letters instead of sounds, so they say “ship” has four sounds. Others remove a whole syllable when asked to remove one sound.
How to Assess It: Say “smile” aloud. Ask the student to say each sound, then say the word without /s/.

Lesson moves

Give students four counters for the sounds in “smile,” then ask them to remove the counter for /s/ and say the new word.
Ask partners to explain why “ship” has four letters but three sounds.
Play a spoken word chain: change “smile” to “mile,” then “mile” to “file,” changing one sound each turn.
Write “cheese” from a grocery list on the board and have students compare its three sounds with its six letters.

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