ELA.1.F.1.2

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Demonstrate phonological awareness.
  1. Segment spoken words into initial, medial, and final phonemes, including words with digraphs, blends, and trigraphs. 
  2. Orally blend initial, medial, and final phonemes together to produce a single-syllable word that includes digraphs, blends, or trigraphs.
  3. Blend single-syllable spoken words with at least five phonemes.
  4. Segment single-syllable spoken words with at least five phonemes.
  5. Segment and blend phonemes in multi-syllable spoken words.

Clarifications

Clarification 1: Phonological awareness only refers to what can be done orally at both the sound and syllabic level. This includes isolating sounds, blending sounds, and orally segmenting words based on syllables. It does not involve print or letter knowledge.
General Information
Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.)
Grade: 1
Strand: Foundational Skills
Standard: Learning and Applying Foundational Reading Skills
Date Adopted or Revised: 08/20
Status: State Board Approved

Related Courses

This benchmark is part of these courses.
5010020: Basic Skills in Reading-K-2 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2021, 2021 and beyond (current))
5010030: Functional Basic Skills in Communications-Elementary (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5010042: Language Arts - Grade One (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2021, 2021 and beyond (current))
7710012: Access Language Arts - Grade 1 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5010022: Functional Reading Skills K-2 (Specifically in versions: 2021 and beyond (current))
5010026: Functional Reading Skills 3-5 (Specifically in versions: 2021 and beyond (current))
5010012: English for Speakers of Other Languages Grade 1 (Specifically in versions: 2021 and beyond (current))

Related Access Points

Alternate version of this benchmark for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
ELA.1.F.1.AP.2a: Segment spoken words into initial, medial and final phonemes, including words with digraphs, blends and trigraphs.
ELA.1.F.1.AP.2b: Blend initial, medial and final phonemes together to identify or produce a single-syllable word that includes digraphs, blends or trigraphs.
ELA.1.F.1.AP.2c: Blend single-syllable spoken words with at least four phonemes.
ELA.1.F.1.AP.2d: Segment single-syllable spoken words with at least four phonemes.
ELA.1.F.1.AP.2e: Segment and blend phonemes in familiar multi-syllable spoken words.

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Lesson Plan

Colorful Rhymes:

The students will participate in reading the rhyming story The Crayon Box That Talked and help to generate words that rhyme with colors. Then, students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of rhyming words by completing a sorting activity.

Type: Lesson Plan

Student Center Activities

Phonemic Awareness: Sound Changes:

In this activity, students will substitute specific sounds in words to create new words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Word Change:

In this activity, students will delete the second phoneme in an initial blend and select the picture that represents the new word.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme Swap:

In this activity, students will decide which phoneme has been changed by comparing two pictures.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme Position Sort:

In this activity, students will sort pictures based on the location (initial, medial, final) of phoneme substitution.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Make It, Find It, Keep It:

In this activity, students will delete initial phonemes in words and select the picture that represents the new word. In an extension activity, students can segment and count the phonemes in each word and sort by the number of phonemes.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Final Phoneme Pie:

In this activity, students will delete final phonemes in words and select the picture that represents the new word.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: What's Left?:

In this activity, students will delete initial phonemes in words and select the picture that represents the new word.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Break and Make:

In this activity, students will segment and blend phonemes to make words by playing a picture card game.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme Split and Say:

In this activity, students will segment and blend phonemes in words using Elkonin boxes.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme Challenge:

In this activity, students will segment phonemes in words by playing a counting game.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: The Phoneme Game:

In this activity, students will segment and count phonemes in words while playing a board game.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme Counting Sort:

In this activity, students will segment and count phonemes in words and sort by number.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: What's My Word?:

In this activity, students will blend phonemes in words and select the corresponding picture.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme Quest:

In this activity, students will isolate initial, medial, and final phonemes by comparing pictures.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Final Phoneme Find:

In this activity, students will isolate final phonemes by listening to words and choosing pictures with the same ending sound.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Bag-of-Sounds:

In this activity, students will identify initial phonemes in words represented by objects. As an extension, students may also identify the medial and final phonemes.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Vowel Picture Sort:

In this activity, students will sort pictures based on vowel sounds (long and short).

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Medial Match:

In this activity, students will match medial phonemes by playing a card game.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Medial Phoneme Dominoes:

In this activity, students will match medial phonemes by playing dominoes.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Final Phomeme Pyramid:

In this activity, students will match final phonemes by playing a board game.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Final Phoneme Memory:

In this activity, students will match final phonemes by playing a memory game.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonemic Awareness: Initial Phoneme Picture Sort:

In this activity, students will match initial phonemes by sorting pictures.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Name Changes:

In this activity, the student will manipulate phonemes in words by substituting initial, medial, or final sounds to create a new word.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Drop and Say:

In this activity, the student will manipulate phonemes in words by deleting the beginning or ending sound to create a new word.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Picture Slide:

In this activity, the student will segment and blend phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Treasure Chest:

In this activity, the student will segment and blend phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Feud:

In this activity, the student will segment phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Sound Spin:

In this activity, the student will segment phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: The Sound Game:

In this activity, the student will segment phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Hopscotch:

In this activity, the student will segment phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Closed Sort:

In this activity, the student will segment phonemes in words and sort the words (picture cards) based on the number of phonemes. As an extension activity, the student can also sort picture cards based on the number of syllables in the word.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Photos:

In this activity, the student will segment phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Say and Slide Phonemes:

In this activity, the student will segment phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Sound Quest:

In this activity, the student will isolate initial, final, and medial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Move and Tell:

In this activity, the student will isolate medial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: The Last Sound Is...:

In this activity, students will use final sound clues to identify objects.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: See It – Sound It:

In this activity, the student will identify initial phonemes in words. As an extension activity, students can also identify the final sound in words and count the syllables in each word.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Sound Pictures and Picture Puzzles:

In this activity, the student will match medial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Sound Bags:

In this activity, students will match medial phonemes in words. As an extension, students can also match objects with the same initial or final sounds. 

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Sound Pie:

In this activity, the student will match final phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Final Sound Match-Up:

In this activity, the student will match final phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Sound It–Bag It:

In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Dominoes:

In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Go Fish:

In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Pack-A-Backpack:

In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Sound Train:

In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Sound Snacker - Sound Smacker:

In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Guessing Game:

In this activity, the student will manipulate onsets and rimes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Sound Detective:

In this activity, the student will segment and blend onsets and rimes in words. The student will also match rimes by identifying rhyming words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Rime House:

In this activity, students will segment and blend onsets and rimes in words. They will also match words with the same rime (rhyming words).

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Quick Pick:

In this activity, the student will segment and blend onsets and rimes in words. As an extension, the student will produce a rhyming word to match the picture.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Syllable Say:

In this activity, the student will segment and blend syllables in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: Syllable Graph:

In this activity, the student will segment syllables in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonological Awareness: One Card Out:

In this activity, the student will match initial phonemes in words.

Type: Student Center Activity

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