Unit Plan 15 (Grade K ELA): Phonics & Fluency Boost – Phonemes & CVC Words

Focus: Blend/segment phonemes; map CVC; high-frequency words; emergent texts

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Subject Area: English Language Arts (Foundational Skills • Phonics • Early Fluency)

Total Unit Duration: 5 sessions (one week), 45–60 minutes per session

I. Introduction

This week pulls together phonemic awareness and phonics so children can hear sounds, map them to letters, and read simple CVC words (consonant–vowel–consonant). Students will isolate initial/medial/final phonemes, blend and segment to read and spell short-vowel words, learn a few high-frequency words, and practice reading emergent texts with purpose and understanding.

II. Objectives and Standards

Learning Objectives — Students will be able to…

1. Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds in spoken CVC words (RF.K.2d).
2. Blend and segment phonemes to read and spell short-vowel CVC words (RF.K.2d; RF.K.3a–b).
3. Produce primary consonant sounds and short vowel sounds and connect them to common spellings (RF.K.3a–b).
4. Read common high-frequency words by sight (RF.K.3c).
5. Echo-/choral-read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding (RF.K.4).

Standards Alignment — CCSS Kindergarten

• RF.K.2d Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme words (CVC).
• RF.K.3a–b Demonstrate basic knowledge of letter–sound correspondences; associate short/long vowel sounds with common spellings (focus: short vowels in CVC).
• RF.K.3c Read common high-frequency words by sight.
• RF.K.4 Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.

Success Criteria — student language

• I can say the first, middle, and last sounds in a CVC word.
• I can blend sounds to read a CVC word and segment to spell it.
• I can read my heart words (high-frequency words) on sight.
• I can read a little book and tell what it’s mostly about.