English Language Arts - Standard C: Oral Language Performance Standards - Grade 4

By the end of grade four, students will:

C.4.1 Orally communicate information, opinions, and ideas effectively to different audiences for a variety of purposes.

• Identify and discuss criteria for effective oral presentations, including such factors as eye contact, projection, tone, volume, rate, and articulation
• Read aloud effectively from previously-read material
• Speaking from notes or a brief outline, communicate precise information and accurate instructions in clearly organized and sequenced detail
• Present autobiographical or fictional stories that recount events effectively to large and small audiences
• Participate in group readings, such as choral, echo, and shadow reading
• Perform dramatic readings and presentations
• Distinguish between fact and opinion and provide evidence to support opinions

C.4.2 Listen to and comprehend oral communications.

• Follow basic directions
• Identify and summarize key points of a story or discussion
• Retell stories and reports of events in proper sequence
• Follow sequence in plot and character development, predict outcomes, and draw conclusions
• Recall the content of stories after hearing them, relate the content to prior knowledge, and answer various types of factual and interpretive questions about the stories
• Distinguish fact from fantasy and fact from opinion
• Understand increasingly complex sentence structures
• Understand a variety of word structures and forms, such as affixes, roots, homonyms, antonyms, synonyms, and word analogies

C.4.3 Participate effectively in discussion.

• Volunteer relevant information, ask relevant questions, and answer questions directly
• Use appropriate eye contact and other nonverbal cues
• Use appropriate strategies to keep a discussion going
• Reflect on the ideas and opinions of others and respond thoughtfully
• Ask for clarification and explanation of unfamiliar words and ideas
• Summarize information conveyed through discussion

Content Standard C

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Last updated on 10/1/2009 10:55:43 AM