Standard or regulation
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts: Language, Kindergarten, Standard 2
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 language standard on conventions. It asks children to show command of standard English capitalization, punctuation and spelling when they write.
- How much weight it carries
- The official national text. Each state adopts the standards on its own timetable and can change them, so a school's own syllabus may differ from the national text.
Facts taken from this source
- The Common Core kindergarten language standard 2 asks children to show command of standard English capitalization, punctuation and spelling when they write.
“Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing” (Standard L.K.2)