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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Is "What does that word mean?" developmentally beyond the ability of a kindergartener?[/quote]

Well, do you have to prompt him to ask or is he supposed to ask on his own?  Does he know what the word "word" means?  Does he know word boundaries yet?  If he has to pick it out of a text, which the standard says, does he have to point to it and/or be able to read it?  If he can ask based on the word being read to him, is he supposed to ask specifically about the word (word boundary again) or can he just say, "I don't understand" about a whole phrase that includes the word (I would guess not because the standard is asking about a word)?

And how will this be tested if the child does not read yet?  The standard says that this is based on a text.  What exactly is the standard looking for here?  It's unclear to me. [/quote]

It seems to me that you are making something simple into something very complicated.

[i]CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.4
Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.[/I]

is one of three standards related to craft and structure for reading literature. It is not a standard that sits there all by itself, being responsible for everything. There are also standards for foundational skills, for speaking and listening, for language, and so on.

And how will it be tested? Presumably by the teacher assessing whether or not the child is able to do this. How else? There is nothing in the Common Core standards that says that proficiency in the standards must be assessed via a written test.[/quote]

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