Does It Make Sense? Fixing a Word That Does Not Fit
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Does It Make Sense? Fixing a Word That Does Not Fit
Does it make sense, read aloud by a grown-up: decide whether each sentence makes sense, choose the word that fits, and learn to go back and read again. With an answer key.
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- Skill
- Fluency Passages
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- 1
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- Time
- About 10 minutes
- Answer key
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Read an on-level story or poem aloud with accuracy, a steady pace, and expression, a little better on each of three readings, understand what was read, and reread to fix a word that does not make sense.
Reviewed by Ms. Emily Bennett, Teacher. How we check worksheets
How to use this sheet
- Before the first timed reading, let the child read the passage once on their own, and help with any word they do not know.
- For each timed reading, follow along on a copy, tick each error lightly, and mark the last word read when the minute is up. Use the word count to find that word’s number.
- Write the words read and the errors in the record after each reading, and show the child how the number grew from the first reading to the third.
- Do the questions and the fix-the-word sentences after the readings, when the child knows the text well.
Common mistakes
- Racing to beat the last score and skipping words. Count a skipped word as an error, and say that smooth, careful reading is the goal.
- Reading in a flat voice, word by word. Read a sentence aloud with expression, and have the child echo it.
- Saying a word that looks right but does not make sense, such as boats for boots. Ask "Does that make sense?" and have the child reread the sentence.
