South Dakota ELA 1.RF.4.b
The Standard
- 1.RF.4
- Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Read grade-appropriate text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and prosody (stress, phrasing, intonation, and expression) on consecutive readings.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read a short first-grade passage aloud more than once. They read the words correctly, keep a steady pace, and use pauses and voice changes that fit the punctuation and meaning.
What Mastery Looks Like
- By the second or third reading, a student reads words correctly and groups words into phrases instead of stopping after each one. Their voice changes for a question or an exclamation without rushing.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students think reading fast means reading well, so they rush and skip small words. Others pause after every word or read questions in the same flat voice as statements.
How to Assess It
- Give each child this card: “The dog ran. Can it get the ball? It can! The dog is glad.” Listen to two readings and mark missed words, pauses, pace, and voice changes on the second reading.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a short decodable passage and crayons; circle punctuation, mark pauses with slashes, and read the passage aloud twice.
Read “Can the dog run?” and “The dog can run!” aloud, then ask, “How did your voice change, and why?”
Play echo reading with a four-sentence story: read one sentence aloud, have students echo it, then have partners read the story twice.
Write “The bus is here. Get in line!” on a pretend school announcement card; students rehearse twice, then announce it to a partner.
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Related Standards
- 5.RF.4.b
Read grade-appropriate texts in a variety of genres orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and prosody (stress, phrasing, intonation, and expression).
- K.RF.4.b
Read grade-appropriate texts orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and prosody (stress, phrasing, intonation and expression) on consecutive readings.
- 4.RF.4.b
Read grade-appropriate texts in a variety of genres orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and prosody (stress, phrasing, intonation, and expression).
- 2.RF.4.b
The 2nd Grade version of this standard.
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