Kentucky Reading and Writing RF.3.4
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Read fluently (accuracy, speed and prosody) on grade-level to support comprehension. Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. Fluently read grade-level prose and poetry orally on successive readings. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary. Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Fluency
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What Students Need to Do
- Students read grade-level stories and poems aloud accurately, at a steady pace, and with expression that fits the meaning. They reread when a word or sentence does not make sense. They recognize words with tricky spellings and explain what they read.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student reads a new passage smoothly and pauses at punctuation. If they misread a word, they use the sentence to correct it. They can explain what happened or what the poem describes.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students race through a passage and miss punctuation. Others guess a word from its first letter instead of checking the whole sentence. They may try to sound out every part of a word like “though” using familiar spelling patterns.
How to Assess It
- Have each student read this twice: “Though the path was muddy, Maya followed a frog through the grass. ‘Wait for me!’ she called as it leaped away.” Listen for accuracy, pauses, and corrections, then ask, “Why did Maya call out?”
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Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed poem and highlighters; have them mark places to pause, then read it aloud twice.
Ask, “How should your voice sound when you read ‘Where did the firefly go?’” Have partners read the line and explain their choices.
Play a sentence-card relay with “though,” “through,” and “enough”; students read each card aloud and reread any sentence they miss.
Post a school announcement with a date and location; partners read it aloud twice and tell each other where and when to go.
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