Standard 3 : Phonics and Word Recognition (Archived)



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General Information

Number: LAFS.2.RF.3
Title: Phonics and Word Recognition
Type: Cluster
Subject: English Language Arts - Archived
Grade: 2
Strand: Reading Standards: Foundational Skills (K-5)

Related Standards

This cluster includes the following benchmarks
Code Description
LAFS.2.RF.3.3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  1. Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words.
  2. Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams.
  3. Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels.
  4. Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.
  5. Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.
  6. Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.


Related Access Points

This cluster includes the following access points.

Access Points

Access Point Number Access Point Title
LAFS.2.RF.3.AP.3a: Identify long and short vowels in regularly spelled one-syllable words.
LAFS.2.RF.3.AP.3b: Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words with long vowels.
LAFS.2.RF.3.AP.3c: Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels.
LAFS.2.RF.3.AP.3d: Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.
LAFS.2.RF.3.AP.3e: Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.
LAFS.2.RF.3.AP.3f: Recognize and/or read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.


Related Resources

Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this topic.

Student Center Activities

Name Description
Fluency: Read Speed:

In this activity, students will quickly read multisyllabic high-frequency words on a practice sheet in a timed activity.

Fluency: Give Me Five:

In this activity, students will take turns reading multisyllabic high-frequency word cards in a timed activity.

Fluency: Word Part Rush:

In this activity, students will quickly read word parts (syllables, affixes, and roots) on a practice sheet in a timed activity.

Fluency: Speedy Syllables:

In this activity, students will quickly read syllables in a timed activity.

Advanced Phonics: Embellished Words:

In this activity, students will combine base words and affixes to make new words while playing a board game.

Advanced Phonics: Double Time:

In this activity, students will write corresponding spelling patterns for long vowels in multisyllabic words. As an extension activity, students will write the correct vowel for the schwa sound.

Advanced Phonics: Sound Choice:

In this activity, students will decode and spell words containing vowel diphthongs while playing a board game.

Fluency: Pick-A-Part:

In this activity, students will quickly identify letter-sounds and word parts in a card game.

Fluency: Syllable Speed Practice:

In this activity, students will quickly read syllables (sorted by syllable types) in a timed activity.

Fluency: Syllable Sprint:

In this activity, students will quickly read syllables containing varied spelling patterns in a timed activity. NOTE: Additional syllable cards are available in CPALMS' resource .

Fluency: Affix Wiz:

In this activity, students will quickly read affixes on a practice sheet in a timed activity. As an extension, students will read multisyllabic words containing common affixes.

Fluency: Word Part Race:

In this activity, students will quickly read word parts by using a race car slide.

Fluency: Digraph and Diphthong Dash:

In this activity, students will take turns identifying consonant digraphs, variable vowel teams, and vowel diphthongs in a timed activity.

Advanced Phonics: Affix Fit:

In this activity, students will combine base words and affixes to make new words.

Advanced Phonics: Four Word:

In this activity, students will group multisyllabic words containing the same base word.

Advanced Phonics: Affix Sort:

In this activity, students will sort words based on their affixes.

Advanced Phonics: Syllable Swap:

In this activity, students will match syllable cards to create words.

Advanced Phonics: Syllable Sort:

In this activity, students will sort words by syllable types.

Advanced Phonics: The Write Word:

In this activity, students will produce words with different spelling patterns while playing a game.

Advanced Phonics: Word-O-Matic:

In this activity, students will make words using letter cards containing digraphs, silent letter combinations, vowel teams, and vowel diphthongs.

Advanced Phonics: Star Search:

In this activity, students will decode and spell words with r-controlled vowel patterns.

Fluency: Word Speed Practice:

In this activity, students will quickly read high frequency words on a practice sheet in a timed activity.

Fluency: Word Sprint:

In this activity, students will quickly read high-frequency words in a timed activity.

Fluency: Pass the Word:

In this activity, students will take turns reading high-frequency word cards in a timed activity.

Fluency: Affix Zip:

In this activity, students will quickly read affixes by doing timed practices. Included in this resource are syllable cards that extend the activity in CPALMS' resource .

Phonics: Word Construction:

In this activity, students will combine base words with affixes and inflections to make new words.

Phonics: Base Word Sort:

In this activity, students will identify word components (base word and affixes) by doing a sort.

Phonics: Front or Back:

In this activity, students will add affixes to base words to make new words.

Phonics: Affix Hunt:

In this activity, students will identify base words and affixes (prefixes and suffixes).

Phonics: Compound Concentration:

In this activity, students will form compound words.

Phonics: Syllable Share:

In this activity, students will make words from syllable cards.

Phonics: Syllable Trivia:

In this activity, students will identify syllable patterns by playing a game.

Phonics: Parting Words:

In this activity, students will identify and segment base words and inflections.

Phonics: Covering the Bases:

In this activity, students will identify base words and inflections.

Phonics: Word Plus:

In this activity, students will identify and write individual words in compound words.

Phonics: Six-Way Syllable Sort:

In this activity, students will sort words by syllable types.

Phonics: Map and Swoop:

In this activity, students will map graphemes to phonemes and mark syllables within words.

Phonics: Syllables, Words, and Pictures:

In this activity, students will combine syllables to form words by playing a matching game.

Phonics: Sight and Sound Scout:

In this activity, students will match vowel diphthong patterns by playing a board game.

Phonics: Diphthong-O:

In this activity, students will identify vowel diphthongs by playing a bingo-type game.

Phonics: Spell and Sort:

In this activity, students will identify vowel digraphs by completing a spell and sort activity.

Phonics: Syllable Cut-Ups:

In this activity, students will segment and cut words into syllables.

Phonics: Syllable Snake:

In this activity, students will count syllables in words by playing a game.

Phonics: Syllable Scoops:

In this activity, students will segment and sort words by the number of syllables.

Phonics: Say and Spell:

In this activity, students will read and spell high frequency words.

Phonics: Word Concentration:

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a memory game.

Phonics: Jumping Words:

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a checker game.

Phonics: Map-A-Word:

In this activity, students will orally segment phonemes in words and write the corresponding letters in Elkonin boxes.

Phonics: Roll and Read:

In this activity, students will read words with different spelling patterns while playing a board game.

Phonics: Vowel Digraph Baseball:

In this activity, students will identify vowel digraphs in words by playing a baseball board game.

Phonics: Fishing for Vowel Digraphs:

In this activity, students will identify and match vowel digraphs by playing a card game.

Phonics: Same but Different:

In this activity, students will identify and sort different spelling patterns for long vowels.

Phonics: Word Crazy:

In this activity, students will read high frequency words by playing a card game.

Phonics: Change My Word:

In this activity, students will segment the onset and rimes of words represented on picture cards. They will then identify the blends, digraphs, and vowel teams that represent each part.

Phonics: Break Apart:

In this activity, students will segment words by isolating the base words and affixes.

Phonics: Prefix and Suffix Flip Book:

In this activity, students will make words using base words, prefixes, and suffixes (including inflectional endings).

Phonics: Inflection Toss:

In this activity, students will make words by combining base words and inflections while playing a bean bag game.

Phonics: Compound Word Puzzles:

In this activity, students will form compound words by putting puzzle pieces together.

Phonics: Word Syllable Game:

In this activity, students will count the number of syllables in words while playing a board game.

Phonics: Syllable Closed Sort:

In this activity, students will sort words by the number of syllables.

Phonics: Piece It Together:

In this activity, students will make words from syllable puzzle pieces.

Phonics: Picture It In Syllables:

In this activity, students will combine syllables to form words while playing a matching game.

Phonics: Say and Write Letters:

In this activity, students will orally segment words represented by picture cards and write the corresponding letters on spaces in Elkonin boxes.

Phonics: Flip Manipulating Books:

In this activity, students will blend sounds to make words while manipulating cards in a binder.

Phonics: Vowel Slide:

In this activity, students will blend sounds to make words while manipulating a vowel slide.

Phonics: Canned Sort:

In this activity, students will read and sort words based on long and short vowel sounds.

Phonics: Onset and Rime Slide:

In this activity, students will make words using a variety of onsets (including blends and digraphs) and sliding rime strips (including short, long, and variable vowels). They will also determine if the new word is real or nonsense.

Phonics: Letter-Sound Folder Sort:

In this activity, students will match final sound picture cards to letters/letter combinations that represent targeted sounds.

Phonics: Letter-Sound Pyramid:

In this activity, students will match final sounds of words to corresponding letters while playing a pyramid game. As an extension, students can also match words with digraphs and vowel teams.

Phonics: How Many Words?:

In this activity, students will make words using letter tiles containing digraphs and vowel pairs.



Parent Resources

Vetted resources caregivers can use to help students learn the concepts and skills in this topic.

Student Center Activity

Title Description
Advanced Phonics: Word-O-Matic:

In this activity, students will make words using letter cards containing digraphs, silent letter combinations, vowel teams, and vowel diphthongs.