Minnesota Literacy Standards - 2022

Minnesota Statutes 2023, section 120B.021, requires that there be statements of standards and benchmarks. Anchor Standards are a summary description of student learning. The kindergarten through grade 12 benchmarks identify the “specific knowledge or skill that a student must master to complete part of an academic standard by the end of the grade level or grade band” (Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 120B.018).

The standards are organized into three strands:

1. Reading – Taking in information from a wide variety of sources through reading, listening and viewing.

2. Writing – Sharing information with a variety of audiences through writing, speaking and presenting.

3. Listening, Speaking, Viewing and Exchanging Ideas – Communicating and collaborating with others through speaking, listening and viewing.

Foundational Anchor Standards (Reading 1 and Writing 1): These Foundational Anchor Standards will have between one to four benchmarks for each standard. Foundational Anchor Standards, although not designated in all grade levels, provide the foundational building blocks needed to prepare and launch successful readers and writers.

Purpose for Writing: Clarifying the purpose for writing increases student engagement. The following are broad purposes for writing in standards Writing 4, Writing 5 and Writing 6.

• Write to argue: to move the reader to consider the writer’s position.

• Write to persuade: to motivate the reader to agree or act.

• Write to inform or explain: to expand the reader’s understanding.

• Write to create: to share stories and messages from real experiences or the writer’s imagination.

https://education.mn.gov/MDE/dse/stds/

R1 Foundations of Reading: Demonstrate knowledge of oral language, phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics and morphology to read accurately and fluently.

-0.1.1.3:  Read decodable texts accurately, with guidance and support. (Decodable texts are those that include words taught in phonics lesson.)