The Common Core in Utah

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Skills available for Utah pre-K language arts standards

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Utah Core Standards (adopted in 2023): Reading Utah Core Standards (adopted in 2023): Reading
Utah Core Standards (adopted in 2023): Writing Utah Core Standards (adopted in 2023): Writing
Utah Core State Standards for Early Learning: 3-year-olds Utah Core State Standards for Early Learning: 3-year-olds
Utah Core State Standards for Early Learning: 4-year-olds Utah Core State Standards for Early Learning: 4-year-olds
Utah Essential Knowledge and Skills: Reading Standards for Foundational Skills Utah Essential Knowledge and Skills: Reading Standards for Foundational Skills
Utah Essential Knowledge and Skills: Standards for Language Utah Essential Knowledge and Skills: Standards for Language

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Print standards

P4.R Reading

P4.R.1 Demonstrate mastery of age-appropriate concepts of print.
- P4.R.1a Correctly hold a book and demonstrate that print is read from top to bottom, left to right, and from front to back.
  - Identify book parts and features (P-S.1)
- P4.R.1b Begin to identify frequently seen letters and words, recognizing that words are made up of letters.
P4.R.2 Demonstrate mastery of age-appropriate phonological awareness skills.
- P4.R.2a Recognize rhyming words and alliteration.
- P4.R.2b With prompting and support, segment words into syllables.
- P4.R.2c Identify initial sounds in spoken language.
  - Identify the first sound in a word (P-H.4)
- P4.R.2d Identify the base parts that make up a compound word.
- P4.R.2e With prompting and support, blend and segment initial sounds of single-syllable spoken words.
- P4.R.2f With prompting and support, blend and segment single-syllable words into individual phonemes.
P4.R.3 Demonstrate mastery of age-appropriate phonics skills.
- P4.R.3a Identify 13 or more of the consonant names and sounds using one-to-one letter-sound correspondence (alphabetic principle).
- P4.R.3b Identify three or more vowel names and short vowel sounds using one-to-one letter-sound correspondence (alphabetic principle).
P4.R.5 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions and make connections about a text.
- Which could happen in real life? (P-T.1)
P4.R.6-7 With prompting and support, retell simple texts, including event sequence and characters.
- Which feeling matches the picture? (P-U.1)
- What will happen next? (P-U.2)
P4.R.8 With prompting and support, begin to ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
- Find the picture that matches the action verb (P-X.1)

The Common Core in Utah

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P4.R Reading

P4.R.1 Demonstrate mastery of age-appropriate concepts of print.

P4.R.1a Correctly hold a book and demonstrate that print is read from top to bottom, left to right, and from front to back.

P4.R.1b Begin to identify frequently seen letters and words, recognizing that words are made up of letters.

P4.R.2 Demonstrate mastery of age-appropriate phonological awareness skills.

P4.R.2a Recognize rhyming words and alliteration.

P4.R.2b With prompting and support, segment words into syllables.

P4.R.2c Identify initial sounds in spoken language.

P4.R.2d Identify the base parts that make up a compound word.

P4.R.2e With prompting and support, blend and segment initial sounds of single-syllable spoken words.

P4.R.2f With prompting and support, blend and segment single-syllable words into individual phonemes.

P4.R.3 Demonstrate mastery of age-appropriate phonics skills.

P4.R.3a Identify 13 or more of the consonant names and sounds using one-to-one letter-sound correspondence (alphabetic principle).

P4.R.3b Identify three or more vowel names and short vowel sounds using one-to-one letter-sound correspondence (alphabetic principle).

P4.R.5 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions and make connections about a text.

P4.R.6-7 With prompting and support, retell simple texts, including event sequence and characters.

P4.R.8 With prompting and support, begin to ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.