Monday
Fluency Practice
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The Earth Is Breaking Apart
Tuesday
One day a hare was sleeping beneath a tree. Then
something fell down with a loud THUD! and the ground
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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shook. The hare jumped up in surprise and started running.
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He shouted, “ Oh, no! The earth is breaking apart!”
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A deer heard the hare’s cry. The deer followed the
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hare. The two ran past a rhinoceros.
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“Watch out! The earth is breaking apart!” they
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shouted at him. The rhino joined them. When the three
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animals passed a tiger, they warned him, “Run, run! The
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earth is breaking apart!” The tiger joined the hare, deer,
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and rhino. A lion in a nearby cave heard the animals
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thundering by.
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“The earth is breaking apart!” said the animals,
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panting for breath.
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“The earth seems quite solid to me,” said the lion.
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“How did this story get started?”
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The animals all looked at the hare, who said, “Follow me,
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and I’ll show you where I heard the dreadful noise and felt the
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earth quiver!”
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When they reached the tree, something fell to the earth
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with a loud THUD! again. The lion laughed and said to the hare,
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“You heard this coconut hitting the ground!” Then he said to all
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of the animals, “Don’t listen to rumors. They are often untrue.”
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Please read this passage aloud for one minute and
write down the number of words you read. The goal of
this type of reading is to practice fluency and
expression.
Happy Reading!