This rubric evaluates 4th grade students on their reading aloud skills using a 7 to 1 point scale. It assesses fluency, clarity, volume, reading performance, expression, and posture. The document provides descriptions for high scores in each category such as smooth fluency like a river and changes in voice to make reading interesting. Low scores are described as choppy reading that stops to figure out words or reading in a monotone without changes in voice. The rubric is to be used to score students and provide feedback on their oral reading development.

1. READING ALOUD RUBRIC FOR 4TH GRADE
Name: _____________________________________ Grade: _________ Mark
Date :___________________ Total score: 42 points Your score : ________
SCORE 7 5 3 1
FLUENCY Flowed faster or slower
depending on the story
moods.
Smooth like a river.
Knew every word!
Stopped now and then
to work in a word or a
sentence.
Choppy, needed to
stop and figure out
words.
CLARITY There are an extra
crispness to the
pronunciation.
Pronounce all the
words correctly. Good
articulation.
Mumble a bit. Hard to
understand all the
words.
Mumbled a lot. Could
not understand.
VOLUME Volume was perfect
AND added increases
or decreases for
emphasis.
Loud enough and we
can all can hear
perfectly.
Can hear, but not loud
enough.
Too soft, can't hear at
all.
READING
PERFORMANCE
Groups words logically
when reading aloud.
Usually groups words
in a logical manner.
Reads word by word
with no logical
grouping.
Read word by word
and must be assisted
with many words.
EXPRESSION
Sounded professional.
This reader should be
on stage!!!
Changed the voice to
make it interesting the
whole time.
Read in a sing song
way or did not change
voice very much.
Didn't change the voice
at all: monotone.
POSTURE
Keeps straight. Looks
relaxed and confident.
Keeps the book in a
perfect way.
Keep the book properly
and stood tall all the
time.
Sometimes held the
book too high and
stayed tall, or leans,
slouches, rocks back
and forth, etc.
Held the book in front
of his/ her face. Did not
stand tall or confident
at all. Leans on board.
Rocks back and forth.
Moves feet or hands
without thinking.
Observations: _________________________________________________________________________
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English Language Department
Teacher Danitza Lazcano Flores