RF.2

Demonstrate understanding ofspoken words,syllables, and sounds(phonemes). a) Recognize and produce rhyming words. b) Count, pronounce, blend, and segmentsyllablesin spoken words. c) Blend and segment onsets and rimes ofsingle-syllable spoken words. d) Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and finalsounds(phonemes) in three- phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words.† (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.) e) Add orsubstitute individualsounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable wordsto make new words.