South Dakota ELA K.RF.4.a
The Standard
- K.RF.4
- Read grade-appropriate texts with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Read grade-appropriate texts with purpose and understanding.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read a short text to find out something specific. They use the words to tell what happened or what they learned.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can answer a question set before reading and point to the words that support the answer. They can tell the main event in their own words.
Common Misconceptions
- Some children recite a memorized page without checking the print. Others guess from the picture or sound out the words but cannot tell what happened.
How to Assess It
- Say, "Read to find out what the cat does," then give students: "A cat sat. A cat ran." Ask, "What did the cat do? Point to the words that tell you."
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs "A cat sat" and "A cat ran" strips; children read each strip, act it out, and match it to a sketch.
Read "A dog can dig. A dog can run." Ask, "What can the dog do, and which words tell you?"
Play action match: children read a sentence card, such as "A pig can nap," and find the matching picture card.
Tape "Cap it" beside the marker bin; children read the note, cap a marker, and tell why the note is there.
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