Read the Common Core standards for kindergarteners:

Read the Common Core standards for kindergarteners

By Valerie Strauss, Published: August 14 at 4:00 amE-mail the writer

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The new Common Core State Standardsare being implemented — with a lot of controversy — in most states, and there’s a great deal of discussion about them. But it is unclear whether everybody who is opining for or against them has actually read them.

To get an idea of what they say, below are the English Language Arts and math standards for kindergarteners. You should know that some early education experts have criticized the English-Language Arts standards, arguing that they do not square with what is known about early childhood development.

The one that may well be my favorite is this:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.4 Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.

I can just picture a class of kindergarteners learning how to read emergent-reader texts with great purpose and understanding.

Here are Common Core standards for kindergarteners. Each standard is numbered; for example, RL.K.1 stands for Reading, Literature, kindergarten, standard 1.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS FOR KINDERGARTENERS

READING — LITERATURE

Key Ideas and Details

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key