English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.6

Read grade-level text orally with appropriate pauses, phrasing, stress, intonation, rate, and integration to support comprehension.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Fluent readers include pauses at appropriate times, link spoken words together in phrases, stress the correct syllables and words in sentences, and use changes in voice tone to convey meaning.
  • Oral reading must occur at a rate (speed) to integrate meaning and support comprehension.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate oral reading with appropriate pauses, phrasing, stress, and intonation.
  • Orally read at a rate that supports comprehension.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • To comprehend text that they read aloud, they must read at an appropriate speed, and include pauses, phrasing, stress, and intonation as indicated by the text.

Vocabulary

  • Pauses
  • Intonation
  • Integration
  • Stress
  • Phrasing
  • Rate
  • Comprehension
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