Reading: Foundational Skills Progression Map

Common Core ELAGrades K to 516 standards · 12 connections

The decoding ladder: print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics, and fluency, from kindergarten through fifth grade.

KGr 1Gr 2Gr 3Gr 4Gr 5Anchor 1Print conceptsAnchor 2Phonological awarenessAnchor 3Phonics and word recognitionAnchor 4FluencyRF.K.1RF.1.1RF.K.2RF.1.2RF.K.3RF.1.3RF.2.3RF.3.3RF.4.3RF.5.3RF.K.4RF.1.4RF.2.4RF.3.4RF.4.4RF.5.4

Hover a standard to trace what it builds on and what it leads to. Click for details. Solid lines are essential prerequisites, dashed lines are supporting connections. A dashed outline marks a connected standard from a neighboring topic.

How to read this map

Each chip is one standard, placed in its grade. A line between two standards means the earlier one was verified as a prerequisite for the later one, against the official framework documents and published curriculum progressions. If a student is stuck on a standard, look one column left. If they have mastered it, the lines to the right show where that skill goes next. Every chip links to a full breakdown of the standard with teaching ideas. How these connections are verified.

All standards on this map, as a list

Print concepts

RF.1.1 → RF.K.1

Phonological awareness

RF.1.2 → RF.K.2

Phonics and word recognition

RF.1.3 → RF.2.3 → RF.3.3 → RF.4.3 → RF.5.3 → RF.K.3

Fluency

RF.1.4 → RF.2.4 → RF.3.4 → RF.4.4 → RF.5.4 → RF.K.4

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