Common Core Standards

Reading: Foundational Skills, Kindergarten

Reading RF.K.3

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Kindergartners are going to be first-timers—both seeing and hearing—with a lot of words. To avoid sounding like Charlie Brown's teachers, make sure they have the skills necessary to understand those words. This standard helps students with reading and speech comprehension by focusing on what words and letters sounds like.

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