READING FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS (K-5)

(pages 17-22)

Pages 17 through 22 supplement the Reading Foundational Skills (K-5) in the main document, which are found on p.p. 15-17.  You may be wondering why the Common Core Reading Standards: Foundational Skills (K-5) are featured separately in the Common Core ELA Standards (CCSS). To understand why, it is helpful to know that the Common Core Foundational Skills do not include comprehension and vocabulary. Rather, they focus on print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics and word recognition, and fluency. 

That is because comprehension and vocabulary are the central focus of the College and Career
Readiness (CCR) Anchor Standards and related grade-specific K-12 Common Core State Standards (CCSS). From kindergarten through the end-of-high school, the CCRs and CCSS for comprehension and vocabulary are integrated across the four Common Core strands—Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language. Acquiring comprehension and vocabulary skills is a 13-year process in the Common Core, one year building on the next, until students are college and career-ready.

You will find the Reading Foundational Skills (K-5) on pages 15-17:

Common Core ELA Standards