Grade 3

Reading: Foundational Skills—Grade 3

Foundational Skills are all about the (wait for it...) foundation of reading. Who woulda thunk? That's right. These skills may seem terribly elementary, dear Watson, but they're the most crucial skills for building solid readers. 

Foundational skills cover word analysis, accuracy, and word fluency. There are only two standards in this set, but without them (and their substandards), your reading standards would be useless. You'll quickly find that if a kid is having problems in one of these areas, they might struggle with the Literature and Informational Text standards.

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