Maryland ELA RF.K.4.a
The Standard
- RF.K.4
- Read grade-appropriate texts with sufficient accuracy to support comprehension. Engage in a variety of experiences with texts in order to develop an understanding of fluent reading. Demonstrate accuracy and automaticity with naming letters and producing their corresponding sounds. Read grade-appropriate text with developing fluency in order to support comprehension.
Engage in a variety of experiences with texts in order to develop an understanding of fluent reading.
Maryland College and Career Ready Standards for English Language Arts (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students listen to picture books, poems, and familiar classroom print read aloud. They join in on repeated lines and notice when a reader's voice sounds smooth and makes sense.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can choose the smoother of two readings and explain that it sounds like talking. They can follow the print with a finger and echo a familiar line in a natural voice.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students think fluent reading means reading as fast or as loud as possible. Others can recite a familiar line but do not look at the words on the page.
How to Assess It
- Read 'I see a red bird' once word by word and once smoothly. Ask, 'Which reading helped you understand it?' Then have each student point to the words and echo the line.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a strip that says 'I see a cat' and have them slide a finger under the words as they echo your reading.
Read a picture book page in a choppy voice, then smoothly, and ask, 'Which reading helped you picture the story?'
Play echo reader with a familiar nursery rhyme: read one line with expression, then have children copy your voice.
Post a sign that says 'Please close the door,' read it smoothly, then have children use it to remind a classmate.
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