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Reading 20 Minutes

Fluency

• Select a paragraph from the

Fluency passage on page 4 of

your Practice Book

• With a partner, take turns reading

the sentences aloud

• Practice changing the tone or pitch

of your voice depending on the end

punctuation

Extension

• Read each sentence three times, emphasizing a different word each time Discuss how the meaning changes when you emphasize different words

• Time Your Reading: Listen to

the Audio CD

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it easier for him or her to understand the passage

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 11 of your Practice

Book

• With a partner, take turns reading the

sentences aloud Adjust your reading

pace so that you are reading at the

right speed

Things you need:

• Readers Theatre: Practice

fluency with the play

Whodunit? Woo Knows

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 18 of your Practice

Reading Fluency 20 Minutes

Extension

• Read each sentence again, paying attention to difficult words Repeat until you can say those words without

pausing

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 25 of your Practice

Book

• With a partner, take turns reading the

sentences Slow down if you come to

unfamiliar words and break them into

syllables

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is based on the way you read the sentences.

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 32 of your Practice

Book

• With a partner, take turns reading the

sentences aloud

• Pause when you come to commas

and end punctuation

Things you need:

• Practice Book

Reading Independent Reading

the setting was different

• Choose any type of story Write down

who the main characters are and what

the setting is

• After you have finished reading,

write a summary of the story’s plot in

• pen and paper

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Reading Fluency

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 41 of your

Practice Book

• With a partner, take turns practicing

reading the dialogue aloud Make

words sound as natural as you can

Extension

• Find a story with dialogue Assign parts, and present your reading to the class

• Readers Theatre: Practice

fluency with the play The

Reading Fluency

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 48 of your

Practice Book

• With a partner, take turns reading

the sentences aloud and practicing

pausing for commas, dashes, and

ellipses ( .)

Extension

• Reread the passage twice, emphasizing a different word each time Discuss how the meaning changes when you emphasize different words

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

20 Minutes

Things you need:

• Practice Book

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Reading 20 Minutes

• Select a paragraph from the

Fluency passage on page 55 of

your Practice Book

• With a partner, take turns reading the

sentences accurately and quickly

• Vary your reading rate as you read

each sentence

Extension

• With your partner, read the paragraph out loud together Practice until you can read

• Read a magazine article

• Write down the statements that you

think are relevant details and the ones

you feel are unnecessary details in

your response journal

Independent Reading

Extension

• Choose one of the relevant details Write a paragraph telling why this detail is relevant to the article’s topic Explain your reasons

Things you need:

• magazines

• pen and paper

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Reading 20 Minutes

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 62 of your

• Discuss how the passage sounds different

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

Things you need:

• Practice Book

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Reading 20 Minutes

• Select a paragraph from the

Fluency passage on page 69

of your Practice Book

• With a partner, take

turns reading the

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

Fluency

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• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 78 of your Practice

Book

• With a partner, take turns reading

the sentences aloud and practicing

inflections and end punctuation

• If a sentence ends with a question

mark, make your voice go up

• Readers Theatre: Practice

fluency with the play Nat

Love, Western Hero.

Things you need:

• Practice Book

• Nat Love, Western

Hero page 167

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Reading 20 Minutes

Fluency

• Select a paragraph from the

Fluency passage on page 85 of

your Practice Book

• With a partner, take turns reading

the sentences aloud, pausing at all

commas and periods

Extension

• Read each sentence again This time, pause only at the periods Discuss how not pausing at commas affected your partner’s understanding

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• Discuss how the listener responds when you read with expression.

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

• Select a paragraph from the

Fluency passage on page 92 of

your Practice Book

• With a partner, take turns

reading the paragraph aloud

• Read in a soft voice

Reading 20 Minutes

Fluency

• Select a paragraph from the

Fluency passage on page 99 of

your Practice Book

• With a partner, take turns reading the

sentences aloud Vary the rise and fall

of your voice

Extension

• Read the paragraph three times, varying your pitch each time Ask your partner how changing the pitch of your voice helped him or her understand the paragraph

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

Things you need:

Reading 20 Minutes

Fluency

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 106 of your

Practice Book

• With a partner, take turns reading the

passage Vary your reading rate as you

read each sentence

Extension

• Read the passage three times Read it slowly at first, then faster each time

• Discuss with your partner how the reading rate helps or hinders the meaning

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

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Reading 20 Minutes

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 115 of your

Practice Book

• With a partner, take turns reading the

sentences aloud

• Slow down when you come to

unfamiliar words and pronounce them

by syllables

Extension

• Pronounce unfamiliar words

• Readers Theatre: Practice

fluency with the play All the

Money in the World.

Fluency

Things you need:

• Practice Book

• All the Money in

the World page

182 of Read

Reading 20 Minutes

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 122 of your Practice

Book

• With a partner, take turns reading the

sentences aloud Choose words to

emphasize in each sentence

Fluency

Extension

• Read the paragraph three times Emphasize a different word in a sentence each time

• Discuss how the meanings change when you emphasize different words

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

Things you need:

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Independent Reading

• Choose a story to read Think about

the main characters and their traits

• Use what you have learned about

comparing characters to help you

identify how a character changes over

the course of the story

• Write a short essay in your

response journal about one character

Describe how the character changes

over the course

of the story

Extension

• List specific details and evidence from the story that helped you compare character traits

• Share your comparison essay with a partner

Things you need:

• book

• pen and paper

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Reading 20 Minutes

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 129 of your Practice

Book

• With a partner, take turns reading the

sentences aloud Read each sentence

word by word

Extension

• Read the paragraph again, this time reading groups of words that belong together, pausing between each group

• How does this help to better understand the meaning?

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

Fluency

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Reading 20 Minutes

Fluency

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 136 of your Practice

Book

• With a partner, take turns reading

the passage aloud, emphasizing

important words

Extension

• Read the passage twice

Emphasize different words

• Discuss how emphasizing different words changes the meaning of the passage

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

Things you need:

• Practice Book

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Reading 20 Minutes

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 143 of your Practice

Book

• With a partner, take turns reading the

sentences aloud Practice reading

phrases together smoothly

Fluency

Extension

• Read each sentence twice

at the same speed

• Discuss how the meaning changes when you read words in phrases

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

Things you need:

• Practice Book

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Reading 20 Minutes

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 152 of your Practice

Book

• With a partner, take turns reading the

sentences aloud Make your voice rise

and fall appropriately

Extension

• Read each sentence three times, changing the pitch of your voice

• Ask a partner how the sentences changed each time

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

Fluency

Things you need:

• Practice Book

Reading 20 Minutes

Extension

• Try reading the dialogue without pausing between sentences Discuss how the dialogue changes when you ignore end punctuation marks

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

• Read sentences with dialogue from the

Fluency passage on page 159 of your

Practice Book

• With a partner, take parts and read

the dialogue aloud Pay attention to the

quotation marks and pause at the

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Extension

• Read each sentence again Emphasize different words this time

• Discuss how the meaning

of each word changes

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 166 of your Practice

Book

• With a partner, take turns reading the

sentences aloud Listen for

the pronunciation of unfamiliar or

difficult words

Fluency

Things you need:

• Practice Book

Discuss what topics you most like to read about.

• Choose two magazine articles that

are about the same subject for

independent reading

• Make a list comparing and contrasting the

facts in the articles What information is

the same? What information is different?

• Remember to ask questions if you are

not sure what is happening in the article

Independent Reading

Things you need:

• magazine articles

• pen and paper

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Reading 20 Minutes

Extension

• Read the passage again

Change your tempo to match the actions taking place

• Discuss how this changes the story

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 173 of your Practice

Book

• With a partner, take turns reading

the sentences clearly and loudly

(not too loud)

Fluency

Things you need:

• Practice Book

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 180 of your Practice

Book

• With a partner, take turns reading the

sentences aloud, stressing the most

important words in each sentence

20 Minutes

Extension

• Read the sentences and emphasize unfamiliar words

• Readers Theatre: Practice

fluency with the play The

Camera in the Attic.

Reading 20 Minutes

Extension

• Read each sentence again, emphasizing difficult words

• Readers Theatre: Practice

fluency with the play Little

Talk/But I Wonder

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 18 9 of your Practice

Book

• With a partner, take turns reading the

sentences Slow down if you come to

unfamiliar words and break them into

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Extension

• Read each sentence again, paying attention to difficult words or phrases Repeat the sentences until you can read them without pausing

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 196 of your Practice

Book

• Adjust your reading pace so that you

are reading at the right speed

Fluency

Things you need:

• Practice Book

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• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

• Select two paragraphs from the

Fluency passage on page 203 of

your Practice Book

• Read a paragraph, and then let a

partner read the next paragraph

• Pause at the end punctuation so

that your partner can hear when

a sentence ends

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• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 210 of your Practice

Book

• With a partner, take turns reading the

sentences aloud Pause when you

come to an unfamiliar word

• Sound out the word and discuss how

sounding out words

affects the flow

of reading

Fluency

Reading Independent Reading

• Read a biography or autobiography

of your choice

• As you read, think about the author’s

purpose in writing the story Make a list

of details from the story that support

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Things you need:

• biography or autobiography

• pen and paper

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Reading 20 Minutes

• Select a paragraph from the Fluency

passage on page 217 of your Practice

Book

• With a partner, take turns reading the

sentences aloud Stop when you come

to a period Raise your voice a little

when you come to a question mark

Speak more strongly

when you read an

• Time Your Reading: Listen

to the Audio CD

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