The Common Core in Kentucky

RF.4 Reading Foundational Skills

• Phonics and Word Recognition

  • RF.4.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

    • RF.4.3a Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology to accurately read unfamiliar multisyllabic words.

      • Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes (4-Y.1)
      • Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- (4-Y.2)
      • Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- (4-Y.3)
      • Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less (4-Y.4)
      • Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness (4-Y.5)
      • Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment (4-Y.6)
      • Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review (4-Y.7)
      • Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review (4-Y.8)
      • Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning (4-Y.9)
      • Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech (4-Y.10)
      • Word pattern analogies (4-Y.11)
      • Word pattern sentences (4-Y.12)
      • Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots (4-Z.1)
      • Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words (4-Z.2)
      • Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (4-Z.3)
      • Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (4-Z.4)
      • Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots (4-Z.5)
      • Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings (4-Z.6)
      • Form compound words with pictures (4-AA.1)
      • Form compound words (4-AA.2)
      • Form and use compound words (4-AA.3)

• Fluency

  • RF.4.4 Read fluently (accuracy, speed and prosody) on grade-level text to support comprehension.

    • RF.4.4a Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

      • Determine the main idea of a passage (4-A.2)
      • Combine main ideas from two texts (4-A.3)
      • Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales (4-B.1)
      • Determine the order of events in informational texts (4-D.1)
      • Compare and contrast in informational texts (4-D.2)
      • Match causes and effects in informational texts (4-D.3)
      • Match problems with their solutions (4-D.4)
      • Distinguish characters' points of view (4-G.2)
      • Compare information from two texts (4-G.3)
      • Compare and contrast characters (4-H.2)
      • Draw inferences from a text (4-H.3)
      • Make predictions about a story (4-H.4)
      • Identify story elements (4-I.1)
      • Read fantasy with illustrations (4-M.1)
      • Read realistic fiction with illustrations (4-M.2)
      • Read science fiction with illustrations (4-M.3)
      • Read realistic fiction (4-N.1)
      • Read historical fiction (4-N.2)
      • Read poetry (4-N.3)
      • Read drama (4-N.4)
      • Read about animals (4-O.1)
      • Read about art, music, and traditions (4-O.2)
      • Read about famous places (4-O.3)
      • Read about sports and hobbies (4-O.4)
      • Read about famous people (4-P.1)
      • Read about business and technology (4-P.2)
      • Read about science and nature (4-P.3)
      • Read about history (4-P.4)
      • Summarize a story (4-S.1)
      • Identify supporting details in literary texts (4-U.4)
      • Identify supporting details in informational texts (4-U.5)

    • RF.4.4b Fluently read grade-level prose and poetry orally on successive readings.

    • RF.4.4c Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

      • Which definition matches the sentence? (4-EE.2)
      • Which sentence matches the definition? (4-EE.3)
      • Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 (4-FF.1)
      • Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 (4-FF.3)
      • Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (4-HH.2)
      • Use context to identify the meaning of a word (4-HH.3)
      • Use academic vocabulary in context (4-HH.5)