ELA 4th Grade Foundational Skills

Accurately read unfamiliar grade- appropriate multisyllabic words in context using knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences (e.g., the leather coat was brown)

Read unfamiliar multisyllabic words in isolation using knowledge of syllabication patterns (e.g., expert, locate)

Accurately read unfamiliar grade- appropriate multisyllabic words in isolation using knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences (e.g., other, beagle)

Accurately read unfamiliar grade appropriate multisyllabic words in isolation, using knowledge of word morphology (e.g., autograph, construction)

Identify purpose for reading (e.g., for enjoyment, to answer a question, to learn about a subject, to solve a problem) and comprehend on-level texts demonstrated in a variety of ways (e.g., writing in a reading response journal, writing an answer to the question, discussing/writing about the solution)

Read on-level texts aloud at the estimated oral reading fluency (ORF) to meet fourth-grade benchmarks

Read on-level prose and poetry aloud with expression (e.g., using the meaning of the text to dictate the expression with regard to pauses, pitch, and stress)

Confirm or correct understanding of a text by using word-attack skills and syntax (i.e., part of speech, position of the word within the sentence) and by using an increasing variety of repair strategies (e.g., slowing reading pace, rereading, and reading on)