CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.4.4b
The Standard
Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
What This Standard Means
Students need to read fourth grade stories and poems out loud so the words are mostly correct, the pace is smooth, and the voice matches the meaning. They should improve after rereading, not just get through it once.
Mastery sounds natural, with phrasing, pauses, and expression that help listeners understand. Students often get stuck by reading word by word, rushing past punctuation, using a flat voice, or losing accuracy when they try to read faster.
Ways to Teach It
- Pair students for repeated reading of a short poem, then have them mark pauses, tricky words, and words needing emphasis.
- Ask students to record themselves reading a paragraph twice and write one thing that improved the second time.
- Listen to each student read 100 words and note accuracy, pace, expression, and whether rereading improves fluency.
- Connect to audiobooks by playing a short clip, then have students imitate the reader’s phrasing and expression with the same passage.
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.4b
Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.4b
Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4b
Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.5.4b
Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings