Which one of these sentences needs a second look?

• The boy ate his lunch at school
• The boy ate an apple in the park
• The boy ate his socks for lunch

What should you do if a sentence you read does not make sense?

• Keep reading without stopping
• Stop and re-read it
• Skip to the next page

It is fine to keep reading even when a sentence makes no sense.

Sam read a sentence and thought, 'Wait, that doesn't sound right.' What is Sam doing?

• Ignoring the sentence
• Catching a mistake
• Reading too fast

Ada read: 'The horse ate the hoy.' What is the sign that something slipped?

• Hoy is not a real word
• Horses are big animals
• The sentence has five words in it

Omar read: 'Mum poured the milk into a sock.' How does Omar know something went wrong?

• He has read the word sock before
• You cannot pour milk into a sock, so the sentence makes no sense
• He read the sentence quite quickly

Which clue can help you figure out a tricky word while reading?

• The other words in the sentence
• The color of the book
• How loud you read

Ivan read: 'The train the train left the station.' What went wrong?

• Trains do not leave stations
• The word station is too hard for him
• He said a word twice, so he can read the line again with his finger

The page says 'The girl rode her pony.' Zoe looked at the picture and read 'The girl rode her horse.' It made sense, so she carried on. What did Zoe miss?

• The picture was on the wrong page
• The sentence was too long for her
• The letters do not match the word she said

Ella read 'thing' where the page said 'think'. She looked again and said 'think'. How can she be sure her fix worked?

• Read the whole sentence again and see if it makes sense now
• Count how many letters think has
• Turn the page and carry on