South Dakota ELA K.RF.4.b
The Standard
- K.RF.4
- Read grade-appropriate texts with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Read grade-appropriate texts 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 text aloud more than once. They read the words correctly, keep a steady pace, and use pauses and voice changes that fit the meaning.
What Mastery Looks Like
- On two back-to-back reads, a student reads the words correctly and needs fewer pauses the second time. They group words into phrases and make a question sound like a question.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students recite a memorized page while pointing to words that do not match what they say. Others rush to sound fast or use the same flat voice for every sentence.
How to Assess It
- Give each child a four-sentence decodable passage with a period and a question mark. Listen to two back-to-back reads for correct words, a steadier pace, pauses at periods, and a questioning voice.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs sentence strips and punctuation cards; they build two sentences, then read them twice with matching pauses and voice.
After reading 'Can Sam hop?' twice, ask partners, 'How did your voice show it was a question?'
Have partners read the same short decodable page twice, then circle one word they read more smoothly the second time.
Put 'Get your bag. We can go.' on a dismissal card; students rehearse it twice, then read it to the class.
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Related Standards
- 5.RF.4.b
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- 1.RF.4.b
Read grade-appropriate text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and prosody (stress, phrasing, intonation, and expression) on consecutive readings.
- 4.RF.4.b
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- 2.RF.4.b
Read grade-appropriate text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and prosody (stress, phrasing, intonation, and expression) on consecutive readings.
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