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White Whales

Fluency Quick Check — student copy · VCe review 2

Name: ________________ Date: __________

White whales are also known as Beluga whales. They are beautiful animals of the sea. Read to learn more about them.

A White Whale Has

This is a white whale.

White helps it blend in.

Their fins help them dive and swim.

A white whale has a big nose.

A white whale is wise.

A White Whale Will

This whale will click and clang to talk to its mate.

This whale will munch on fish, squid, and shrimp.

Their home is quite crisp. It would be swell to see a white whale up close in its home.

Teacher scoring (76 words)

Errors: ______ · Time: ______ sec · Accuracy: ______% · WCPM: ______

Prosody (circle): 1 · 2 · 3 · 4

Read aloud through the end of page 12. Stop the timer where the passage words end, but let the reader finish the page for a natural stop.

White Whales

Comprehension Quiz — student copy

Name: ________________ Date: __________

  1. 1. Choose the word that does NOT belong in this group: whale, mate, home, date.

    A. whale

    B. mate

    C. home

    D. date

  2. 2. Which word is spelled correctly?

    A. wise

    B. wale

    C. qite

    D. wite

  3. 3. Choose the word that best completes this sentence: ____ fins help them dive.

    A. See

    B. To

    C. Their

    D. Talk

  4. 4. How will the white whale talk to its mate?

    A. It will whisper.

    B. It will click and clang.

    C. It will shout and yell.

    D. It will chirp and croak.

  5. 5. Which of these is NOT something the white whale will munch on?

    A. fish

    B. squid

    C. shrimp

    D. oysters

  6. 6. Look at the table of contents. What page is the section "A White Whale Will" on?

    A. page 5

    B. page 10

    C. page 9

    D. page 7

Answer key: 1-C · 2-A · 3-C · 4-B · 5-D · 6-B · Laprea Education / Developing Decoders