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ELA2nd Gradedemonstrate phonological awareness by:

The Standard

recognizing the change in spoken word when a specified phoneme is added, changed, or removed

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading · The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell.

Teacher's field guide

What This Standard Means

What Students Need to Do

Students listen to a word, change one sound as directed, and say the new word. They add, remove, or replace sounds without relying on print.

What Mastery Looks Like

Given a spoken word, students make the requested sound change and say the new word. They can name which sound changed and whether it was at the beginning, middle, or end.

Common Misconceptions

Students may say letter names instead of sounds. They may change more than one sound, or lose track of sounds in blends such as /st/ in stop.

How to Assess It

Say: “Start with top. Add /s/ at the beginning. Now remove /s/. Change /t/ to /m/.” Listen for stop, top, and mop.

Lesson moves

Ways to Teach It

  1. Give students counters and sound boxes; say top, then have them add a counter for /s/ and say stop.

  2. Ask, “How does smile change when /s/ is removed?” Partners say both words and name the changed sound.

  3. Play Sound Switch: call “Change /m/ in map to /t/,” and students point to the picture of tap.

  4. Show a cap and cup; students explain how changing the middle sound changes the object named.

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