Grade 5

In Grade 5, students are experimenting with features of voice such as tone, volume, pitch, and pace in formal presentations (Readers Theatre and monologues) and recognising the effects these have on audience understanding. (AC9E5LY07)

Students’ Learning Intention:

I am learning to read fluently allowing for self and others to get a clear understanding of the text.

Students’ Success Criteria:

I am successful at reading when I effectively use the fluency components of pausing, phrasing, stress, intonation, rate, and integration.                

Pausing 

I pause for half a second at a comma

I pause for a second at a full stop and at dashes

My voice goes down at a full stop

My voice goes up at a question mark

Phrasing 

I pause at punctuation markers

I put words together in groups to represent the meaningful units of language

My phrased reading sounds like oral language

Stress 

I place stress on particular words (louder tone) to reflect meaning

Intonation 

I vary my voice in tone (gruff, gentle, angry), pitch (deep or squeaky) and volume (loud or soft)

Rate 

I vary how fast I read to reflect meaning

Integration 

I consistently and evenly orchestrate pausing, phrasing, stress, intonation, and rate.  

Success criteria elaborated on…

Pausing refers to the way the reader's voice is guided by punctuation (short breath at a comma; full stop with voice going down at periods and up at question marks; full stop at dashes). 

Phrasing refers to the way readers put words together in groups to represent the meaningful units of language.  Phrased reading should sound like oral language, although more formal.  Phrasing involves pausing at punctuation as well as at places in the text that do not have punctuation. 

Stress refers to the emphasis readers place on particular words (louder tone) to reflect the meaning of the text as speakers would do in oral language. 

Intonation refers to the way the reader varies the voice in tone, pitch, and volume to reflect the meaning of the text--sometimes called "expression." 

Rate refers to the pace at which the reader moves through the text.  

Integration involves the way the reader consistently and evenly orchestrates pausing, phrasing, stress, intonation, and rate.