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title: "K.F.P.3: Grade-Level Phonics Encoding (Georgia English Language Arts standard)"
code: K.F.P.3
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subject: ela
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# K.F.P.3: Grade-Level Phonics Encoding

Use grade-level phonics skills to encode words in context and in isolation.

- Subject: English Language Arts
- Appears in: Kindergarten, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/kindergarten.md

## Expectations

- **K.F.P.3.a**: Use knowledge of letter/sound correspondences to connect letters (graphemes) to sounds (phonemes) to encode simple one-syllable words, including high-frequency words (VC, CV, CVC). ​
- **K.F.P.3.b**: Identify and encode irregularly spelled high- frequency words.
- **K.F.P.3.c**: This progression begins in 1st grade.
- **K.F.P.3.d**: This progression begins in 1st grade.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

## The same standard across grades

- **Kindergarten, K.F.P.3 (this standard)**: **Encoding with Phonics** Use grade-level phonics skills to encode words in context and in isolation.
- Grade 1, 1.F.P.3: **Encoding with Phonics** Use grade-level phonics skills to encode words in context and in isolation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/1.F.P.3.md
- Grade 2, 2.F.P.3: **Encoding with Phonics** Use grade-level phonics skills to encode words in context and in isolation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/2.F.P.3.md
- Grade 3, 3.F.P.3: **Encoding with Phonics** This standard only applies to the K-2 grade band. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/3.F.P.3.md
- Grade 4, 4.F.P.3: **Encoding with Phonics** This standard only applies to the K-2 grade band. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.F.P.3.md
- Grade 5, 5.F.P.3: **Encoding with Phonics** This standard only applies to the K-2 grade band. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/5.F.P.3.md

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.