ELA21.4.6

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

Aligned Learning Resources

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