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Grade 4 · English Language Arts · Unit 1 of 12

Listen, Speak & Read Aloud

Listening well, speaking clearly and reading with expression

What your child practises

Good listening and speaking habits (taking turns, asking questions, speaking clearly) and reading aloud with pauses at punctuation, stress on key words and a voice that rises or falls with the meaning.

New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Interactions: Expression · listening, speaking and reading aloud

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    A speaker says, “We meet at the library at three.” Which reply checks that you understood?

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    • “So we meet at the library at three o'clock?”
    • “Is it time for lunch?”
    • “I like the park better.”
    • “What is your favourite book?”

  2. Question 2

    A classmate shares an idea you do not agree with. What is a respectful reply?

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    • “I won't listen.”
    • “Stop talking.”
    • “I understand your idea. Here is another way to see it.”
    • “That idea is dumb.”

  3. Question 3

    Why does a speaker slow down when explaining something tricky?

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    • to run out the clock
    • to confuse the audience
    • because they are tired
    • listeners get time to follow each step

  4. Question 4

    Which sentence stem helps you ask a question about what you heard?

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    • “I don't care about…”
    • “Be quiet about…”
    • “Stop talking about…”
    • “Can you tell me more about…?”

  5. Question 5

    Reading in short, natural chunks of words instead of one word at a time is called…

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    • printing
    • rhyming
    • phrasing
    • spelling

  6. Question 6

    To show it was Maya who won, not someone else, which word do you stress? “Maya won the race.”

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    • the
    • Maya
    • won
    • race

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