CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.4c
The Standard
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students notice when a word they read does not match the letters or make sense in the sentence. They reread and use print and meaning to confirm or correct it.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student notices when a word does not fit the print or sentence. The student rereads, corrects the word, and explains what helped.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may guess from a picture or the first letter instead of reading the whole word. They may keep reading when a word changes the sentence's meaning or grammar.
How to Assess It
- Have the student read three sentences aloud. After any miscue, say, “Reread that sentence and check whether the word matches the letters and makes sense.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Students use a craft stick to track print, stop at a teacher-marked tricky word, decode it, then reread the sentence to confirm it.
Read a sentence with a planned misread, then ask, “What sounded wrong, and which letters and sentence clues help fix it?”
Play Stop and Fix: partners read cards aloud, tap the table when a word sounds wrong, then reread and correct it.
Use a classroom snack menu; students reread when the word they say does not fit the letters, picture, or menu.
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