South Dakota ELA 3.RF.4.c

ELA3rd GradeReading Foundational Skills

The Standard

Self-monitor reading for correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students notice when a word sounds wrong or a sentence stops making sense. They check the word, reread, and make sure they understand what they read.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student stops after misreading a word, looks at all its letters, and reads it correctly. They reread the sentence and can explain what it means.
Common Misconceptions: Some students skip a hard word or replace it with one that starts with the same letter. Others keep reading after a sentence stops making sense, or reread it without fixing the problem.
How to Assess It: Have students read a short grade-level paragraph aloud to a partner and mark any place they stop to fix a word or check meaning. Ask them to reread that line and explain it.

Lesson moves

Give pairs sentence strips with one tricky word; have them mark its parts, read it, and reread the sentence to check meaning.
Read 'The puppy climbed into the basket' as 'The puppy clapped into the basket,' then ask, 'What sounded wrong, and how would you fix it?'
Play reread detective: partners read a short passage aloud, tap when something sounds wrong, then check the word and reread.
Use a school lunch menu: students decode an unfamiliar food name, reread its menu line, and check that the meal makes sense.

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