Standard 3 : Phonics and Word Recognition (Archived)



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General Information

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

Related Standards

This cluster includes the following benchmarks
Code Description
LAFS.5.RF.3.3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  1. Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.


Related Access Points

This cluster includes the following access points.

Access Points

Access Point Number Access Point Title
LAFS.5.RF.3.AP.3a: Use syllabication patterns to decode words.
LAFS.5.RF.3.AP.3b: Use morphemes (e.g., roots and affixes) to decode unfamiliar multisyllabic words in and out of context.


Related Resources

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Lesson Plan

Name Description
Affix-a-Go-Go:

In this lesson, students will use prefixes, suffixes, and root words to create their own Affix Books. Students will use word parts to build new words and determine their definitions. Students will also include meaningful sentences and illustrations in their Affix Books.

Student Center Activities

Name Description
Fluency: Quick Words:

In this activity, students will quickly read teacher-selected target words in a timed activity.

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: Quick Sort:

In this activity, students will sort and read multisyllabic words with shared rimes 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: Root Rap:

In this activity, students will quickly identify roots in a timed activity. As an extension, students will read multisyllabic words containing common roots.

Advanced Phonics: Word Way:

In this activity, students will decode unfamiliar words by analyzing their parts.

Advanced Phonics: If the Clue Fits:

In this activity, students will identify words based on advanced phonics-related clues (i.e., affixes, roots, base words, syllable types, and vowel patterns).

Advanced Phonics: Root Hoot:

In this activity, students will identify roots in multisyllabic words and match them to words that have the same root while playing a card game.

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: 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.

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: Inflection Reflection:

In this activity, students will make new words by combining words with inflections.

Advanced Phonics: Compound Construction:

In this activity, students will produce compound words that begin with a specific letter. In an extension activity, students will read and segment multisyllabic compound words into two words.

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: Syllable Score:

In this activity, students will segment words into syllables and record the number of syllables.

Advanced Phonics: Syllable Game:

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

Advanced Phonics: Star Search:

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

Phonics: Syllable Trivia:

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

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.