South Dakota ELA K.RF.2.d

ELAKindergartenReading Foundational Skills

The Standard

Blend, segment, and delete at the intra-syllable level (onset/rime, body/coda). Demonstrate proficiency in phonemic awareness skills, including:

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students split a spoken word into two parts: the first sound and the rest, or the last sound and what comes before it. They put the parts back together and say what remains when a part is removed.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can split “meat” into /m/ plus /ēt/ and /mē/ plus /t/, then blend each pair. They can remove /m/ to say “eat” or /t/ to say “me.”
Common Misconceptions: Some students name letters instead of saying sounds. Others split the word into every sound when asked for two parts, or repeat the whole word after a sound is removed.
How to Assess It: Say “meat” aloud. Ask students to split it in both ways, then say what is left without /m/ and without /t/.

Lesson moves

Give pairs two counters; say “meat” and have them push counters together for /m/ plus /ēt/, then /mē/ plus /t/.
Ask, “How do the two parts change when we split ‘meat’ after /m/ instead of before /t/?”
Play a take-away round: say “meat” without /m/, then without /t/; students answer “eat” and “me.”
At snack time, say “peel” aloud; children split /p/ plus /ēl/, then /pē/ plus /l/ before peeling an orange.

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