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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Which Common Core standards require teachers to use phonics exclusively? Specific standards, please.  
 
 
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There are a number of them.  It doesn't say exclusively--but if teachers and students are to be judged on them, more time will be spent teaching the kids to answer the questions on the test than learning to read.  That is what is happening these days.[/quote]

By the time the standardized tests are being used (i.e the PARCC) in 3rd grade, the standard to be met is simply that students are able to read grade level text fluently.  Whether they know that "ee" usually represents the "long e" sound, etc., will not be important, as long as they are fluently reading and able to comprehend what they are reading.

Of course, being strong in decoding skills is a key factor that influences whether a child is able to read text fluently, especially text that contains unfamiliar words of more than one or two syllables.   So a strong background in decoding skills in grade K-2 will greatly help students be able to master the reading standards by the end of grade 3.  They will not need to use valuable mental energy on remembering words by sight and will have mental energy left over for remember what they read.  THis will help them get through the text more quickly, and they will be able to skim quickly when they need to, to locate facts that support their opinions (a requirement of Common Core at Grade three -- be able to support your opinion with details from the text.)
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