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
What This Standard Means
Students need to notice when a word they read does not sound right or make sense. They should use the sentence, picture, and story meaning to check the word, then go back and reread to fix it.
Mastery looks like a child pausing after an error, trying another word, and rereading the whole sentence smoothly. Many first graders either guess from the first letter only, or keep going even when the sentence makes no sense. Some can fix the word but forget to reread for meaning and fluency.
Ways to Teach It
- Give partners a short decodable page with two sticky-note covered words, then have them use the sentence and picture to predict and check each word.
- Ask, “What did you do when the sentence stopped making sense?” after a student rereads and fixes a tricky word.
- Listen to each student read three sentences, and mark whether they notice, correct, and reread after one miscued word.
- Show a simple grocery list story, then ask students to fix a wrong word that would make the shopping trip silly.
Plan a Lesson for CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.4c
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.4.4c
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.5.4c
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4c
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.4c
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.