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Fluency Reading Practice

Read the passage quietly once to understand it. Then read it aloud twice: first for accuracy, and again with smooth phrasing and expression. Use the questions to check your understanding.

At the library makerspace, Arjun and Layla had one hour to build a model that could catch the breeze from a small desk fan. Their challenge card asked for a turbine with blades that turned freely, but it did not explain how to make them. Arjun cut four blades from thin cardboard. Layla fastened them to a wooden skewer with a drawing pin, then held the skewer between two blocks of modelling clay. The first test was a flop. The fan rattled, the blades shivered, and the turbine stayed stubbornly still. “Maybe the blades are too heavy,” Layla said. Arjun tilted one blade slightly. They tried again. This time, the turbine spun for a moment before wobbling to a stop. They did not rebuild everything. Instead, they changed one feature at a time. They trimmed the blades, checked that the skewer could turn easily, and moved the fan a little closer. On their final test, the blades whirred steadily. Lachlan, who had been watching, pointed to the notes they had made after each attempt. “You didn’t just keep trying,” he said. “You worked out what each change did.” Arjun grinned. The turbine was small, but the result felt enormous. Their notes showed that careful testing—not a lucky guess—had made the difference.

Check your understanding

Answer in complete sentences where appropriate.

1.What was Arjun and Layla’s challenge at the library makerspace?

2.Why did the first test fail? Choose the best answer.

The blades shivered but did not turn, and the turbine stayed still.
The fan was missing from the makerspace.
The students had forgotten to bring their notes.
The turbine spun too quickly to watch.

3.In the sentence “The first test was a flop,” what does “a flop” mean?

A successful result
A failure or unsuccessful attempt
A noisy machine
A kind of cardboard

4.Put these events in the order they happened: the students trimmed the blades; the turbine spun for a moment; the first test stayed still.

5.True or false? The students changed several parts of the turbine all at once during their later tests.

TrueFalse

6.What does Lachlan mean when he says the students worked out what each change did?

7.Find one word or phrase in the passage that helps you picture the turbine moving. Explain what it suggests.

8.Why did the students make notes after each attempt? Use a detail from the passage in your answer.

9.Read aloud this line with expression: “Maybe the blades are too heavy,” Layla said. What clues tell you how to read it?

10.After your second aloud reading, name one fluency choice you made—for example, pausing at punctuation, grouping words into phrases, or changing your voice for dialogue. How did it help the listener?