I.+Phonemic+Awareness,+Word+Recognition+and+Fluency+Standard

=I. Phonemic Awareness, Word Recognition and Fluency Standard =

Students in the primary grades learn to recognize and decode printed words, developing skills that are the foundations for independent reading. They discover the alphabetic principle (sound-symbol match) and learn to use it in figuring out new words. They build a stock of sight words that helps them to read quickly and accurately with comprehension. By the end of third grade, they demonstrate fluent oral reading, varying their intonation and timing as appropriate for the text. **Benchmarks**

By the end of the K–3 program: A. Use letter-sound correspondence knowledge and structural analysis to decode words. B. Demonstrate fluent oral reading, using sight words and decoding skills, varying intonation and timing as appropriate for text.

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