Reading for Accuracy

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Reading for Accuracy
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How to Use the 5 Finger Ruleaka The Rule of Five

• When choosing a book that is just right for you,
  use the five finger rule. This rule says that
  when choosing a book that is just right for you,
  you should

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• Open the book to any page

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• Start to read

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• If you find a word you cant read put up one
  finger

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• Continue to read

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• Put a finger up each time you come across a word
  you dont know

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• If you read through the page and you have five
  fingers up, choose another book

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• You will find another book more enjoyable for
  your independent reading

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Lets look at an excerpt from a story called,
Snakebite to see how this works.
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Example 1 14 unknown words
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Snakebite One of the worlds xxxxxxxx creatures
lay in a coil the size of a hockey puck, xxxxxxxx
basking in the xxxxxxxx Costa Rican sun in low
grass beside a gravel pathway. Its
velvety-looking scales of brown and grey were
perfect xxxxxxxx for the baby fer-de-lance, a pit
viper that kills more people than any other
xxxxxxxx in Central America.
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Suddenly the ground xxxxxxxx with footsteps, and
the xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx in fear. Its pair of
heat-sensing organs detecting a threat, the
xxxxxxxx stuck its xxxxxxxx triangular head at
the xxxxxxxx racing past. One of two xxxxxxxx
fangs xxxxxxxx with flesh for just an
instant-long enough to inject a deadly dose of
venom.
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Example 2 5 unknown words
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Snakebite One of the worlds xxxxxxxx creatures
lay in a coil the size of a hockey puck, xxxxxxxx
basking in the searing Costa Rican sun in low
grass beside a gravel pathway. Its
velvety-looking scales of brown and grey were
perfect camouflage for the baby fer-de-lance, a
pit viper that kills more people than any other
snake in Central America.
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Suddenly the ground vibrated with footsteps, and
the snake xxxxxxx in fear. Its pair of
heat-sensing organs detecting a threat, the snake
stuck its xxxxxxxx triangular head at the
creature racing past. One of two xxxxxxxx fangs
connected with flesh for just an instant-long
enough to inject a deadly dose of venom.
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Example 3 3 unknown words
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Snakebite One of the worlds xxxxxxxx creatures
lay in a coil the size of a hockey puck, xxxxxxxx
basking in the searing Costa Rican sun in low
grass beside a gravel pathway. Its
velvety-looking scales of brown and grey were
perfect camouflage for the baby fer-de-lance, a
pit viper that kills more people than any other
snake in Central America.
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Suddenly the ground vibrated with footsteps, and
the snake xxxxxxx in fear. Its pair of
heat-sensing organs detecting a threat, the snake
stuck its xxxxxxxx triangular head at the
creature racing past. One of two hollow fangs
connected with flesh for just an instant-long
enough to inject a deadly dose of venom.
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Example 4 Entire excerpt
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Snakebite One of the worlds deadliest creatures
lay in a coil the size of a hockey puck,
uncharacteristically basking in the searing Costa
Rican sun in low grass beside a gravel pathway.
Its velvety-looking scales of brown and grey were
perfect camouflage for the baby fer-de-lance, a
pit viper that kills more people than any other
snake in Central America.
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Suddenly the ground vibrated with footsteps, and
the snake straightened in fear. Its pair of
heat-sensing organs detecting a threat, the snake
stuck its distinctive triangular head at the
creature racing past. One of two hollow fangs
connected with flesh for just an instant-long
enough to inject a deadly dose of venom
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Just Right Book 95 correct (5 words or less
unknown in 100 words) Too Hard more than 5
words
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Lets Review
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