Independent Reading for Reception: Improve Fluency and Comprehension

Question 1

What do you do when you read on your own?

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Choose a book you like

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Read with a teacher

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Read out loud to someone

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Answer questions about a book

Question 2

What do you do when you 'read independently'?

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Read by yourself

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Read with a teacher

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Read out loud to a group

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Read in a library

Question 3

Which of these is a good way to get better at reading?

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Reading every day

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Skipping words you don't know

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Only reading books you like

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Reading as fast as you can

Question 4

Which of these is an example of a non-fiction book that children might read independently?

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All About Dinosaurs

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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Where the Wild Things Are

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The Gruffalo

Question 5

Which of these is a good way to check your understanding of a book?

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Talking about it with someone

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Just looking at the pictures

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Skipping the hard words

Question 6

What is the special name for the pictures in a book?

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Illustrations

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Drawings

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Photos

Question 7

Which page of the book shows who wrote the story?

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The front page

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The middle page

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The back page

Question 8

What should you do if you see a word you don't understand?

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Ask an adult

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Skip it

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Make up what you think it means

Question 9

Which of these is NOT a kind of book?

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A set of numbers

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A story

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A fact book

Question 10

What is the main reason for reading a fact book?

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To learn new things

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To have fun

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To make you laugh

Question 11

What is the special mark that shows where to stop reading?

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A full stop

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A question mark

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A comma

Question 12

What is the very first letter in the alphabet?

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A

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B

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C

Question 13

What is the best way to read independently?

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Reading quietly to yourself

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Reading out loud to a friend

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Watching a movie about the book

Question 14

What type of text is NOT part of this unit?

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Science textbooks

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Fiction

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Non-fiction

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Poetry

Question 15

When you talk with others about a text, what do you do?

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Share your thoughts and ideas about the text.

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Listen to the teacher read the text aloud.

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Write a summary of the text.

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Draw a picture of the text.

Question 16

When you read independently, what do you do?

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Read a book quietly on your own.

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Read a book with a friend.

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Listen to the teacher read a book aloud.

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Write a book review.

Question 17

What might you read in a non-fiction text?

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Facts

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Imaginary characters

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Made-up events

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Rhyming words

Question 18

Which of these is NOT a good way to improve your reading comprehension?

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Ignoring words you don't know

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Reading different types of texts

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Talking with others about what you read

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Writing about what you read

Question 19

What does the word 'comprehension' mean?

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Understanding what you read

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Reading words correctly

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Writing clearly

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Speaking fluently

Question 20

What is the teacher's role in independent reading?

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To help and support students

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To tell students what to read

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To test students on what they have read

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To read to students every day

Question 21

Which of these words sounds the same as 'cat'?

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Hat

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Dog

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Tree

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Sun

Question 22

What does the word 'happy' mean?

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Smiling

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Sad

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Cross

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Sleepy

Question 23

In a story, who are the people called?

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Characters

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Friends

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Names

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People

Question 24

Where can we find books that teach us about real things?

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In the library

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On the playground

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In the kitchen

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In the garden

Question 25

When we read really well, what do we do?

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Read words quickly and smoothly

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Read words slowly and carefully

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Read words backwards

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Read words in a funny voice

Question 26

Which of these is NOT a type of poem?

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Short story

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Limerick

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Haiku

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Rhyming couplet

Question 27

When we read, what do we do to guess what will happen next?

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Make predictions

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Draw what we think will happen

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Sing about what we think will happen

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Close our eyes and imagine what will happen

Question 28

Who wrote the famous children's book 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'?

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Eric Carle

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Dr. Seuss

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Julia Donaldson

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Roald Dahl

Question 29

In the story 'The Gruffalo', who is the main character?

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Mouse

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Fox

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Owl

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Crow

Question 30

Which of these helps us to learn more about stories?

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Reading a book

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Singing a song

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Counting numbers

Question 31

What is the first thing we should do when reading a new book?

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Look at the pictures

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Read the words

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Guess what the story is about

Question 32

Which of these is a non-fiction book?

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How to make a cake

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Cinderella

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A poem about a rabbit

Question 33

What does it mean to understand a story?

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Knowing the characters and what happens

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Being able to read all the words

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Being able to tell the story back

Question 34

When talking about a book with others, which of these is NOT a good thing to do?

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Interrupting or not letting others speak

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Asking questions

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Sharing what you think

Question 35

Who is a character in the story of 'The Three Little Pigs'?

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The Big Bad Wolf

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The gingerbread man

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The fox

Question 36

What lesson can we learn from the story 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf'?

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We should not keep telling lies.

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It's okay to lie sometimes.

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We should always be brave.

Question 37

Which word rhymes with 'cat'?

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Bat

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Dog

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Sun

Question 38

What is the main theme of a story about a group of friends going on an adventure?

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Friendship

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Love

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Courage

Question 39

Who is the main character in 'The Gruffalo'?

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Mouse

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Gruffalo

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Fox

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Owl

Question 40

What does 'beautiful' mean?

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Pretty

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Ugly

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Cold

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Hot

Question 41

When you read by yourself, it's called ___.

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Independent reading

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Reading out loud

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Asking someone to read

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Listening to a story

Question 42

Which kind of book tells us about real things?

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Non-fiction

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Fiction

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Poetry

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Fairy tales

Question 43

What do we call a few lines in a poem?

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Stanza

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Rhyme

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Paragraph

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Chapter

Question 44

Who is a character in the story about the three little pigs?

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The Big Bad Wolf

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Billy Goat Gruff

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Little Red Riding Hood

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The Three Bears

Question 45

What might we find in a non-fiction book?

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Facts and information

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Made-up stories

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Poems

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Funny jokes