Read With Accuracy and Fluency
Grade 4 - Reading - Building Confidence

A student reads this sentence from "Solar Oven Test" but skips a comma. What should the student do next? Mara lined a pizza box with foil and black paper.
- keep reading faster
- change the facts in the sentence
- reread the sentence using the punctuation to group ideas
- read only the title
Which habit supports fluent reading of "River Cleanup Plan"?
- stop after every single word
- ignore unfamiliar words
- read as fast as possible
- read accurately and pause at punctuation
How should a fluent reader read the figurative sentence from "The Maple Tree Journal": "The buds were tiny green fists opening to the sun."
- as a list of spelling words
- by replacing it with a new sentence
- with expression that shows the comparison matters
- by skipping the comparison
A reader misreads "revised" in this sentence: "Jonah revised his argument after Anika showed the chart." What is the best correction strategy?
- change the ending of the story
- use the nearby context and reread the sentence
- read only the first letter
- ignore the sentence
Why does rereading a difficult sentence from "Prairie Dog Warning" help comprehension?
- it makes the passage shorter
- it lets the reader fix accuracy and phrasing so the meaning is clear
- it removes all unknown words
- it proves opinions are facts
A student reads this sentence from "Library Mural Vote" but skips a comma. What should the student do next? The class had three mural designs for the library wall.
- reread the sentence using the punctuation to group ideas
- keep reading faster
- skip the hard word
- read only the title
Which habit supports fluent reading of "The Night Sky Notebook"?
- stop after every single word
- ignore unfamiliar words
- change the author's words
- read accurately and pause at punctuation
How should a fluent reader read the figurative sentence from "Market Garden Budget": "The budget was a fence around Nadia's choices."
- by skipping the comparison
- with expression that shows the comparison matters
- in a flat voice with no phrasing
- by replacing it with a new sentence
A reader misreads "softened" in this sentence: "At noon, the cheese on her cracker softened quickly." What is the best correction strategy?
- read only the first letter
- use the nearby context and reread the sentence
- guess a shorter word and move on
- change the ending of the story
Why does rereading a difficult sentence from "River Cleanup Plan" help comprehension?
- it lets the reader fix accuracy and phrasing so the meaning is clear
- it removes all unknown words
- it proves opinions are facts
- it changes the author's purpose