K.RF.2

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). a. Identify and produce sounds (phonemes) in a spoken word. b. Recognize and produce rhyming words. c. Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words. Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words. Blend spoken phonemes to form one-syllable words (e.g., /m/ /a/ /n/). d. Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel (long and short vowels), and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme words. (*This does not include CVCs (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.) e. Add, substitute, and delete individual phonemes in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.