South Dakota ELA K.RF.2.b
The Standard
- K.RF.2
- Demonstrate awareness of phonological skills, including:
Blend, segment and delete at the syllable level.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students listen to spoken word parts and put them together to say a word. They break spoken words into syllables and say what remains when one syllable is removed.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given 'rain' and 'bow,' a student says 'rainbow' and claps its two syllables. Asked to say 'rainbow' without 'rain,' they say 'bow.'
Common Misconceptions
- Some children count individual sounds instead of syllables, calling 'cat' a three-part word. Others remove only one sound, saying 'ainbow' when asked to take 'rain' off 'rainbow.'
How to Assess It
- Say 'cup' and 'cake.' Ask, 'What word do they make? Clap its parts. Now say it without cup.'
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give each child two counters for 'rainbow'; they tap 'rain' and 'bow,' slide them together, then remove the first and say 'bow.'
Ask partners, 'What stays when you take rain away from rainbow?' Have them explain how they figured it out.
Play syllable toss: toss a beanbag and say 'foot-ball'; the catcher says 'football,' claps twice, then says 'ball' without 'foot.'
At recess, say 'playground' as 'play-ground'; students clap each part, then say the word without 'play.'
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Related Standards
- K.RF.2.a
Blend and segment at the word level.
- K.RF.2.f
Blend and segment words with 2-3 phonemes (excluding consonant blends).
- 1.RF.2.i
Segment multisyllabic words into syllables and phonemes.
- K.RF.2.d
Blend, segment, and delete at the intra-syllable level (onset/rime, body/coda). Demonstrate proficiency in phonemic awareness skills, including:
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