South Dakota ELA K.RF.2.f
The Standard
- K.RF.2
- Demonstrate awareness of phonological skills, including:
Blend and segment words with 2-3 phonemes (excluding consonant blends).
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students put two or three spoken sounds together to say a word. They also pull a spoken word apart and say each sound in order.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student hears /m/ /ă/ /p/ and says “map.” When given “sun,” the student says /s/ /ŭ/ /n/ without adding extra sounds.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name letters instead of saying sounds. Some break “sun” into “suh-un” or add an extra vowel sound after /s/.
How to Assess It
- Say /ă/ /t/ and ask, “What word?” Then say “sun” and ask, “What sounds do you hear, in order?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give each student three counters, say “map,” and have them move one counter for each sound before blending the word aloud.
Ask partners, “What sounds do you hear in ‘cup’?” Have each partner say the sounds, then the whole word.
Play picture bingo: say /s/ /ŭ/ /n/ slowly, and have students cover the picture of a sun.
At snack time, hold up a cup and have students say its sounds in order, then blend them to say “cup.”
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