Kentucky Reading and Writing RF.4.4

RF.4.4 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• RF.4.4.b

  Fluently read grade-level prose and poetry orally on successive readings.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students read a story or poem aloud so a listener can follow the meaning. They reread tricky parts, use nearby words to check a guess, and adjust their voice to fit the text.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student reads most words correctly at a steady pace, grouping words into phrases. When a word sounds wrong, they check the sentence, fix it, and explain what the passage means.

03

Common Misconceptions

Some students race through a passage and skip punctuation because they think faster means better. Others guess a word from its first letter or keep going when a sentence stops making sense.

04

How to Assess It

Have each student read an 80-word paragraph from the class novel aloud twice. Note errors, phrasing, and self-corrections, then ask, "What happened in that paragraph?"

1. 01

   Give pairs a printed poem to mark pauses with slashes and circle words to stress, then have them read it aloud twice.

2. 02

   Read "Wait, don't open it!" and "Wait. Don't open it." aloud, then write how the punctuation changed your voice.

3. 03

   In pairs, read the same 120-word story twice; partners tally corrected words and mark one spot where phrasing improved.

4. 04

   Have students rehearse a school announcement, then read it to a partner who explains the message and identifies any unclear words.

• RF.3.4

  Read fluently (accuracy, speed and prosody) on grade-level to support comprehension.

• RF.1.4

  Read fluently (accuracy, speed and prosody) on grade-level to support comprehension.

• RF.5.4

  Read fluently (accuracy, speed and prosody) on grade-level texts to support comprehension.

• RF.2.4

  Read fluently (accuracy, speed and prosody) on grade-level to support comprehension.