Standard or regulation
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts: Reading Foundational Skills, Kindergarten, Standard 3
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers, Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2010
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- What it is
- The kindergarten foundational reading standard on phonics and word analysis. It asks children to know and apply phonics skills to decode words.
- How much weight it carries
- The official national text. It describes what children should learn, not how a teacher should run a dictation, and each state can adopt its own version.
Facts taken from this source
- The Common Core kindergarten foundational skills standard 3 asks children to know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
“Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words” (Standard RF.K.3)