ELA21.2.9c

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.9c

With prompting and support, delete the medial and final sounds in blends in one syllable base words.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • Medial means the middle sound and final means the last sound.
  • A blend is made up of two or more sounds (phonemes).

Skills

With prompting and support,
  • Delete the medial (middle) sound in in a one syllable base word with a blend.
  • For example, Say snail. Now say snail, but don't say /n/. (sail).
  • Delete the final (last) sound in in a one syllable base word with a blend.
  • For example, Say wind. Now say wind, but don't say /d/. (win).

Understanding

  • Blends are made of more than one sound, and they can delete the middle or last sound of a blend to create a new word.

Vocabulary

  • Prompting
  • Support
  • Delete
  • Medial sound
  • Final sound
  • Blends
  • One-syllable base word

COS Examples

Examples: Say snail. Now say snail, but don’t say /n/. (sail); Say wind. Now say wind, but don’t say /d/. (win)

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