Maryland ELA RF.K.4.b
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.
Demonstrate accuracy and automaticity with naming letters and producing their corresponding sounds.
Maryland College and Career Ready Standards for English Language Arts (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Children look at uppercase and lowercase letters shown one at a time. They say each letter’s name and a sound it makes, accurately and without long pauses.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given shuffled letter cards, a student names each letter and says a common sound it makes. Answers come promptly, without help from the alphabet song.
Common Misconceptions
- Children may give a letter’s name when asked for its sound, saying “em” instead of /m/. They may know M but not m, or recognize letters only in alphabet order.
How to Assess It
- Show ten shuffled cards: M, m, S, s, T, t, P, p, A, a. Ask for each letter’s name and one sound it makes; note errors and long pauses.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Put M, m, S, s, T, t magnetic letters on desks; children pair uppercase and lowercase letters, name each, and say its sound.
Show an M card and ask, “What is its name? What sound does it make? Are those the same?”
Play letter-sound bingo with M, S, T, and P cards; call a name or sound, and have children cover the matching letter.
Write milk and soap on a pretend shopping list; children point to each first letter, name it, and say its sound.
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