South Dakota ELA 4.RF.3.d

ELA4th GradeReading Foundational Skills

The Standard

4.RF.3: Demonstrate proficiency in grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding words.

Apply spelling patterns and rules to spell words accurately.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use spelling patterns to write words accurately. They notice when a base word changes as they add an ending.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student spells hopping, hoping, and carried correctly and explains each change. They use a known pattern to check a word they have not practiced.
Common Misconceptions: Students may write hopeing because they keep the final e. They may write runing or carryed because they miss doubling and y-to-i changes.
How to Assess It: On an exit ticket, ask students to spell the -ing form of hop and hope and the past tense of carry. Have them underline the letters that changed and explain why.

Lesson moves

Give pairs letter tiles to build hop, hope, and carry, then change each word to hopping, hoping, and carried.
Ask students to write why hop becomes hopping but hope becomes hoping, then compare explanations with a partner.
Play a word sort relay using cards for stopped, hoping, and carried under double, drop e, and change y headings.
Have students proofread a draft class newsletter containing runing and hopeing, then write the corrections beside the base words.

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