Wonders K-2 Foundational Skills - TE

Word Automaticity

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Speed Drill 4

Practice reading the high-frequency words. Tell your
teacher when you are ready to be timed.

down but little all good

be now our saw do

have on they like was

now they good our be

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little like have was saw

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Word Automaticity

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Speed Drill 5

Practice reading the high-frequency words. Tell your
teacher when you are ready to be timed.

black into am well ride

who too new she are

so this will eat white

well new she black so

white am ride will into Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use.

are who this too eat

292 Practice • Grades 2–3 • Speed Drill 5

Word Automaticity

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Speed Drill 6

Practice reading the high-frequency words. Tell your
teacher when you are ready to be timed.

brown an yes must four

there pretty went out did

ate by say please let

yes four an let pretty

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please say out there went

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Word Automaticity

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Speed Drill 7

Practice reading the high-frequency words. Tell your
teacher when you are ready to be timed.

under what every going any

ask fly soon him give

take has want as with

soon any ask has under

every take give him as Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use.

going want fly with what

294 Practice • Grades 2–3 • Speed Drill 7

Word Automaticity

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Speed Drill 8

Practice reading the high-frequency words. Tell your
teacher when you are ready to be timed.

know then again how from

her were open some his

had after just put of

again put had then open

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of know after were how

Practice • Grades 2–3 • Speed Drill 8 295

Word Automaticity

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Speed Drill 9

Practice reading the high-frequency words. Tell your
teacher when you are ready to be timed.

best could when thank live

around call gave stop over

five made may them once

call best five when gave

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over may could around them

296 Practice • Grades 2–3 • Speed Drill 9

Word Automaticity

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Speed Drill 10

Practice reading the high-frequency words. Tell your
teacher when you are ready to be timed.

sit work always cold both

many think walk us old

round fast been or tell

work old tell round fast

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cold been us both always

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Word Automaticity

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Speed Drill 11

Practice reading the high-frequency words. Tell your
teacher when you are ready to be timed.

why wash these your buy

before wish would sleep does

first read off found upon

these your sleep off first

read upon wish wash would Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use.

does why your buy before

298 Practice • Grades 2–3 • Speed Drill 11

Word Automaticity

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Speed Drill 12

Practice reading the high-frequency words. Tell your
teacher when you are ready to be timed.

pull goes back which day

those very write also cut

use sing its green right

day those very cut its

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sing back which write pull

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Word Automaticity

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Speed Drill 13

Practice reading the high-frequency words. Tell your
teacher when you are ready to be timed.

done got called pick man

time different keep ten bring

way carry hot if full

bring ten got keep if

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hot pick full same carry

called same about different bring

300 Practice • Grades 2–3 • Speed Drill 13

Word Automaticity

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Speed Drill 14

Practice reading the high-frequency words. Tell your
teacher when you are ready to be timed.

such try through another fall

more part word better water

used clean own long small

own hurt used draw word

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more fall long such water

through draw hurt another own

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Word Automaticity

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Speed Drill 15

Practice reading the high-frequency words. Tell your
teacher when you are ready to be timed.

grow hold light shall drink

number other even than start

because warm place kind most

warm today hold drink kind

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start most than place grow

even today number far because

302 Practice • Grades 2–3 • Speed Drill 15

Word Automaticity

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Speed Drill 16

Practice reading the high-frequency words. Tell your
teacher when you are ready to be timed.

eight each myself seven much

their six people never laugh

years things only show don’t

each myself never six their

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show seven eight things years

people together their never laugh

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Decoding Strategy Chart

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Decoding Strategy Chart

Step Look for word parts (prefixes) at the beginning of
the word.
1

Step Look for word parts (suffixes) at the end of the word.

2

Step In the base word, look for familiar spelling patterns.
Think about the six syllable-spelling patterns you have
3 learned.

Step Sound out and blend together the word parts.

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Step Say the word parts fast. Adjust your pronunciation
as needed. Ask yourself, “Is this a word I have heard
5 before?” Then read the word in the sentence and ask,
“Does it make sense in this sentence?”

304 Practice • Grades 2–3 • Decoding Strategy Chart

Progress Chart

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Progress Chart

Beginning Date: Ending Date:

Book/Passage:

Number of Words Correctly Read in One Minute:

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190
Words Correct Per Minute 180
170
160
150
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10

012345
Number of Trials

Practice • Grades 2–3 • Progress Chart 305

2005 Oral Reading Fluency Data (Hasbrouck & Tindal)

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2005 Oral Reading Fluency Data (Hasbrouck & Tindal)

Grade Percentile Fall Winter Spring Avg. Weekly Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use.
WCPM* WCPM* WCPM* Improvement**
1 90
2 75 106 81 111 1.9
3 50 79 47 82 2.2
4 25 51 23 53 1.9
5 10 25 12 28 1.0
6 90 11 6 15 0.6
75 128 125 142 1.1
50 99 100 117 1.2
25 71 72 89 1.2
10 44 42 61 1.1
90 21 18 31 0.6
75 145 146 162 1.1
50 119 120 137 1.2
25 94 92 107 1.1
10 68 62 78 1.1
90 45 36 48 0.8
75 166 166 180 1.1
50 139 139 152 1.0
25 110 112 123 0.9
10 85 87 98 0.9
90 61 61 72 0.8
75 177 182 194 0.9
50 153 156 168 0.9
25 127 127 139 0.9
10 98 99 109 0.8
90 68 74 83 0.7
75 195 204 0.8
50 167 177 0.8
25 140 150 0.7
10 111 122 0.8
82 93 0.8

*WCPM = Words Correct Per Minute **Average words per week growth

306 Practice • Grades 2–3 • 2005 Oral Reading Fluency Data