Ohio's Academic Content Standards in English Language Arts
Phonemic Awareness, Word Recognition and Fluency StandardStudents in the primary grades learn to recognize and decode printed words, developing the 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 the third grade, they demonstrate fluent oral reading, varying their intonation and timing as appropriate for the text.
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| By the end of the K - 3 program: |
| A. | Use letter-sound correspondence knowledge and structural analysis to decode words. (ORC Resources) | | B. | Demonstrate fluent oral reading, using sight words and decoding skills, varying intonation and timing as appropriate for text. (ORC Resources) |
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