CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.4.4
The Standard
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards: Foundational Skills
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read grade-level text accurately, at a steady pace, and with phrasing and expression that support meaning. They notice when reading stops making sense, then reread or correct errors.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student reads an unfamiliar grade-level passage with few errors, meaningful phrasing, suitable pace, and expression that matches punctuation. The student notices confusing errors, corrects them, and explains the passage.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think fluent reading means reading as fast as possible. They may ignore punctuation, read word by word, guess from first letters, or keep going when a sentence stops making sense.
How to Assess It
- Give each student an unfamiliar 120-word grade-level passage to read aloud while you mark miscues, phrasing, and self-corrections. Ask one comprehension question afterward.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Cut a short passage into phrase strips, then have students arrange and read the strips with natural pauses.
Ask partners to discuss which words should receive emphasis in a paragraph and explain how that emphasis supports meaning.
Play Punctuation Pause, where students draw punctuation cards and reread a sentence using the matching pause or expression.
Have students rehearse and record a school announcement, then check whether listeners can understand every detail.
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