NORTH CAROLINA ESSENTIAL STANDARDS

North Carolina Extended Content Standards

English Language Arts

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Grade 3

Strand: Reading Standards Foundational Skills

• CCSS.NCEX.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.1 - Apply letter-sound and word analysis skills in decoding words.

  • CCSS.NCEX.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.1a - In context, identify all letter-sound associations.
  • CCSS.NCEX.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.1b - Decode 3 letter words with common spelling patterns (e.g., consonant-vowel-consonant or high frequency rimes).
  • CCSS.NCEX.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.1c - Recognize 40 or more written words.