Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Correlations

English Language Arts

Strand - Reading Standards: Foundational Skills, Grade K

Print Concepts

ELA.RF.K.1: Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

Phonological Awareness

ELA.RF.K.2: Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

Phonics and Word Recognition

ELA.RF.K.3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Strand - Print Concepts, Grade K

Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

ELA.RF.K.1d: Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

ELA.RF.K.1b: Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.

Strand - Phonological Awareness, Grade K

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

ELA.RF.K.2d: Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

ELA.RF.K.2c: Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

ELA.RF.K.2e: Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

ELA.RF.K.2a: Recognize and produce rhyming words.

Strand - Phonics and Word Recognition, Grade K

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

ELA.RF.K.3a: Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.

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

ELA.RF.K.3d: Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

Strand - Conventions of Standard English, Grade K

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

ELA.L.K.1a: Print many upper- and lowercase letters.

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