South Dakota ELA K.RF.4

K.RF.4 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• K.RF.4.a

  Read grade-appropriate texts with purpose and understanding.

• K.RF.4.b

  Read grade-appropriate texts orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and prosody (stress, phrasing, intonation and expression) on consecutive readings.

• K.RF.4.c

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

01

What Students Need to Do

Students read a short decodable story aloud to find out what happens. They read it again with a natural voice and go back when a word or sentence does not make sense.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student reads most words correctly, pauses at periods, and tells what happened. If a word sounds wrong, the student checks the letters and rereads the sentence.

03

Common Misconceptions

Some children guess words from the picture instead of checking the letters. Others rush through the text or recite it from memory without knowing what it says.

04

How to Assess It

Give each child a card that says, 'Sam has a red hat. Sam ran to Mom.' Ask them to read it twice, then ask, 'What does Sam have?' Listen for correct words, pauses, and any self-correction.

1. 01

   Give pairs word cards for 'Sam has a hat.' Have them build the sentence, point to each word, and read it aloud twice.

2. 02

   Read 'Sam has a hat. Sam ran to Mom.' twice, then ask, 'What happened, and which words tell you?'

3. 03

   Play word swap: change hat to cat in a printed sentence, and have partners spot the change and reread the sentence.

4. 04

   Post 'We can run. We can hop.' at the playground door; students read it aloud twice, then choose which action to do.

• 3.RF.4.b

  Read grade-appropriate texts in a variety of genres with accuracy, appropriate rate, and prosody (stress, phrasing, intonation, and expression).