ELA.6.R.3

The last grade with a standard of its own for reading fluency and word analysis.

Not yet reviewed by a teacher

Builds on

Where to go for intervention

Grade 5

ELA.5.R.3PriorityGrade 5 part c already asks for oral reading with accuracy, rate and expression, and parts a and b teach syllable patterns, roots and affixes. Grade 6 keeps both.Students decode words accurately by applying grade-level phonics and word analysis skills.

ELA.6.R.3

Priority

Students read grade-level texts with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression to support understanding.

a.Apply knowledge of syllable patterns and morphology (roots, prefixes, suffixes) to read unfamiliar multisyllabic words in and out of context.

Common Core: RL.6.10 RI.6.10

ResourcesWIDA

WIDA language connections2

Narrate

ELD-SI.4-12.Narrate · Language for Social and Instructional Purposes, Grades 4-12

Connect stories with images and representations to add meaning

Narrate · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-LA.6-8.Narrate.Expressive · Language for Language Arts, Grades 6-8

Construct language arts narratives that…

Engage and adjust for audience

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

On the SBA

PRISM's read

OSPI lists no interim items. Reading aloud is not something the Smarter Balanced reading targets measure, so classroom evidence carries this one.

OSPI's interim connections

OSPI lists no interim items for this standard.

Smarter Balanced publishes its claims and targets in its content specifications, written to the Common Core. A 2026 standard reaches them through OSPI's crosswalk. Check them before anything official.

Builds to

Where it goes next

Grades 7 and 8 have no R.3. OSPI stops naming fluency and word analysis as a standard after Grade 6, so it continues only through the comprehension and language standards linked below.

Connects to

Taught alongside it, including its supporting standards.

ELA.6.R.4PriorityThe standard says it outright: reading accurately and at a steady rate is there "to support understanding."Students comprehend and interpret texts using a variety of strategies.ELA.6.L.3PriorityBoth use roots and affixes: R.3 to read a word, L.3 to work out what it means.Students determine the meaning of and use new and multiple-meaning words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, and viewing.