Maryland ELA RF.4-5.3.f

ELAGrades 4–5Reading Foundational Skills

The Standard

RF.4-5.3: Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in reading (decoding) and writing (encoding) words. Know and apply phonics skills to read (decode) and write (encode) words. Read (decode) and write (encode) multi-syllable words. Read (decode) and write (encode) words with prefixes and derivational suffixes. Read (decode) and write (encode) words containing Greek combining forms. When appropriate, consider the etymology (word origin) of unknown words to support reading (decoding) and writing (encoding). Use knowledge of spelling rules, syllable types, morphology, and etymology to Write (encode) words with accuracy and automaticity.

Use knowledge of spelling rules, syllable types, morphology, and etymology to Write (encode) words with accuracy and automaticity.

Maryland College and Career Ready Standards for English Language Arts (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students break spoken words into syllables and use spelling patterns to write them. They use word parts and origins to choose spellings, then write familiar words accurately without working through every letter.
What Mastery Looks Like: In a short dictation, a student writes hopping, hoping, rabbit, and telephone correctly without long pauses. They can explain the doubled p in hopping and the ph in telephone.
Common Misconceptions: Students may write hoping for hopping or hopeing for hoping because they mix up the rules for doubling a consonant and dropping e. They may write telefone because they do not recognize the Greek word part phone.
How to Assess It: Dictate hopping, hoping, rabbit, and telephone. Ask students to write each word, then mark the spelling clue they used for each one.

Lesson moves

Build hop, hopping, hope, and hoping with letter tiles; mark the doubled consonant and dropped e.
Ask partners to write why telephone uses ph, then explain how knowing phone helps them spell it.
Play a two-minute sort with robot, rabbit, and music; label each first syllable open or closed, then spell the words from dictation.
Write a supply request for replacement pencils; underline replace and ment to check the spelling of replacement.

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