Reading Fluency Review
Grade 3 - Reading - Building Confidence
NameDate
When should a reader slow down?
- never
- after every single letter
- when a complex sentence needs careful meaning
- only before opening the book
Which phrase break is natural: 'After the storm the class checked the rain gauge'?
- After the storm / the class checked the rain gauge.
- After / the / storm / the / class / checked.
- After the / storm the / class checked.
- gauge rain checked class
Why reread a challenging paragraph?
- to improve accuracy and understanding
- to change the author's words
- to erase details
- to avoid the title
What helps a reader use expression in dialogue?
- ignoring quotation marks
- the page number only
- the speaker's words and punctuation
- random volume
Which reader shows accuracy?
- a reader who guesses quickly
- a reader who ignores meaning
- a reader who notices a wrong word and fixes it
- a reader who skips hard words
Which goal belongs with Grade 3 fluency?
- read accurately with expression and understanding
- read only the first sentence
- read fast while skipping words
- ignore punctuation
Which reading uses punctuation well?
- pause briefly at commas and stop at periods
- shout at each period
- ignore every mark
- pause after every word
Which punctuation should change a reader's voice into a question?
- apostrophe
- question mark
- period
- comma
Which reading sounds fluent for 'The bridge stayed level during the second test'?
- The bridge / stayed / level during / the.
- The bridge stayed level / during the second test.
- test second the during level
- The / bridge / stayed / level / during / the / second / test.
What should a reader do after reading a sentence that does not make sense?
- skip the paragraph
- read faster only
- reread and self-correct
- guess a new ending