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Reading Aloud at the Night Market

Read a night market story and a lantern poem aloud, then use punctuation and word clues to choose the right voice, pace and pauses.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRF.4.4.b

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12 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students use punctuation and speaker cues to read prose aloud with expression.
Students choose a pace and pauses that fit the lines of a poem.
Students tell whether a reader needs to fix accuracy, pace or expression.

How to use

Have students read each text aloud to a partner at least twice before answering. Use the questions to talk about where to pause, how fast to read and which voice fits each line.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RF.4.4.b

Read grade-level prose and poetry aloud with accuracy, an appropriate pace, and expression on repeated readings.

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Reading Aloud at the Night Market

Practice accuracy, pace and expression with a story and a poem.

Read the story aloud

Read the story aloud to a partner. Then read it a second time and make your voice match each part.

The Night Market Surprise

1On Friday evenings, the street outside Grandpa Omar's shop turns into a night market. Grandpa Omar sells hand-carved wooden toys, and tonight he had set out a whole row of tiny painted birds. Strings of yellow lights hang between the stalls. The air smells like roasted corn and warm bread, and music drifts from a small stage at the end of the block.

2This week, Lina had an important job. She ran the lemonade stand all by herself. "Fresh lemonade!" she called in a loud, bright voice. "Cold, sweet lemonade right here!" Soon a long line of customers stretched past the flower stall. She poured each cup carefully and smiled at everyone.

3Then, without any warning, every light went out. The music stopped. Even the children stopped chattering. The whole market fell silent and dark. "What happened?" someone whispered.

4Lina did not panic. She remembered the flashlight in her apron pocket. She clicked it on—and the beam landed on a little boy who was holding his mother's hand and trying not to cry. "Don't worry," Lina said softly. "The lights will come back soon." She smiled at him. "Would you like to hold the flashlight?" The boy nodded.

5A minute later, the lights blinked on, one string after another. "The lights are back!" a man shouted. The crowd clapped and cheered. Lina handed the boy a cup of lemonade. He thanked her in a small, happy voice. Then the music began again, slow and gentle at first, and then faster and faster, until the whole street was dancing.

Read this part of a sentence from paragraph 4 aloud: She clicked it on—and the beam landed on a little boy. Where should you pause for a moment?

A. After the word She
B. After the word landed
C. At the dash (—)
D. After the word the

Each line tells you how the speaker sounds. Sort the lines by the voice a reader should use.

"What happened?" someone whispered."Fresh lemonade!" she called in a loud, bright voice."The lights are back!" a man shouted."Don't worry," Lina said softly.