Reading with Expression and Accuracy
PROCEDURALRead aloud with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression (prosody), re-reading familiar texts to build fluency and confidence, and using context to self-correct
Mastery Evidence
- Read a grade-level passage aloud with expression and appropriate pacing
- Self-correct miscues during oral reading by re-reading or using context cues
- Re-read a familiar book demonstrating increased fluency and confidence
Assessment Prompt
“When [child] reads a story aloud, do they vary their voice to match the mood — pausing at punctuation, slowing for sad parts, speeding up for excitement?”
Curriculum Standards26 alignments
RF.1.4Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsRead with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RF.1.4.aCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsRead grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
RF.1.4.bCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsRead grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
RF.1.4.cCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsUse context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
RF.2.4Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsRead with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RF.2.4.aCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsRead grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
RF.2.4.bCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsRead grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
RF.2.4.cCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsUse context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
RF.3.4Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsRead with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RF.3.4.aCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsRead grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
RF.3.4.bCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsRead grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
RF.3.4.cCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsUse context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
RF.4.3Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsKnow and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.4.3.aCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsUse combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.
RF.4.4Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsRead with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RF.4.4.aCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsRead grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
RF.4.4.bCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsRead grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
RF.4.4.cCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsUse context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
RI.4.10Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsBy the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4–5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
RL.4.10Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsBy the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4–5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Eng.UKS2.Read.Word.1The national curriculum in EnglandApply their growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes (morphology and etymology), as listed in English Appendix 1, both to read aloud and to understand the meaning of new words that they meet.
Eng/KS1/Y2/WR/6The national curriculum in Englandread most words quickly and accurately, without overt sounding and blending, when they have been frequently encountered
Eng/KS1/Y2/WR/7The national curriculum in Englandread aloud books closely matched to their improving phonic knowledge, sounding out unfamiliar words accurately, automatically and without undue hesitation
Eng/KS1/Y2/WR/8The national curriculum in Englandre-read these books to build up their fluency and confidence in word reading
Eng_LKS2_Read_Comp_6The national curriculum in EnglandDevelop positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what they read by preparing poems and play scripts to read aloud and to perform, showing understanding through intonation, tone, volume and action
Eng_LKS2_Read_Word_1The national curriculum in EnglandApply their growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes (etymology and morphology) as listed in English Appendix 1, both to read aloud and to understand the meaning of new words they meet
Prerequisites3
- Building sentencessoftAges 4—6
- Alternative Spellings for Known SoundssoftAges 6—8
- Reading fluentlyhardAges 5—7
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- Blending Sounds to Read Words soft
Blending helps attempt unfamiliar words but sight words bypass phonics
Unlocks4
- Forms of Poetry and PerformancehardAges 7—10
- Self-Correcting While ReadingsoftAges 5—11
- Story Sequence and Central MessagesoftAges 6—8
- Retelling Stories with StructuresoftAges 6—8