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Catching a reading mistake

English · Reading Comprehension · ages 5-11
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  1. 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

  2. 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

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

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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
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Catching a reading mistake W1-mt_rQ2YJJi4uh-s1

  1. The boy ate his socks for lunch · Nobody eats socks, so that one needs a second look. The other two could really happen.
  2. Stop and re-read it · Good readers pause and look again when something sounds wrong.
  3. False · If a sentence makes no sense, stop and re-read it before moving on.
  4. Catching a mistake · Sam noticed something felt off, so Sam can go back and fix it.
  5. Hoy is not a real word · When a word you say is not a real word, the letters need a second look.
  6. You cannot pour milk into a sock, so the sentence makes no sense · The meaning is the signal. Milk in a sock cannot happen, so a word slipped.
  7. The other words in the sentence · Words nearby a tricky word can hint at what it means.
  8. He said a word twice, so he can read the line again with his finger · A doubled word makes the line sound stuck. Going back over it with a finger sorts it out.
  9. The letters do not match the word she said · A word has to fit the letters as well as the meaning, and pony and horse do not start the same.
  10. Read the whole sentence again and see if it makes sense now · A new word still has to fit the sentence, and reading it through is how you find out.
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