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Puppet Show Voices

Grade 2 fluency practice with a short puppet play: choose voices, stress and pauses, and see how rereading builds accuracy and pace.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRF.2.4.b

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What’s included

  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 11 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 2
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use punctuation and narrator clues to choose how to read lines aloud.
  • Students identify the pace and accuracy habits that make reading aloud clear.
  • Students explain how rereading a text helps their fluency.

How to use

Have students read the play silently, then in pairs aloud before answering. After the sheet, let partners reread the play with the voices they chose.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RF.2.4.b

Read grade-level text aloud with accuracy, an appropriate pace, and expression on repeated readings.

Preview

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Puppet Show Voices

Use pauses, stress and feeling to read a play aloud.

Read the play

Read the play to yourself. Words in slanted letters are stressed words: say them with extra force.

Pip Loses His Hat

1Narrator: The curtain opens. Pip the puppet looks all around the stage. His voice is shaky.

2Pip: Oh no! My red hat is gone!

3Narrator: Tilly the puppet hops in. She speaks in a calm, kind voice.

4Tilly: Do not worry, Pip. Where did you have it last?

5Pip: I had it by the slide... no, wait, by the swings!

6Tilly: Take a slow breath, Pip. We will check the swings together.

7Narrator: Tilly tiptoes to the curtain. She whispers, "Shh! I see something red."

8Tilly: Is it your hat, Pip, or is it a tomato?

9Pip: It is my hat! Hooray! Thank you, Tilly!

10Narrator: Pip puts on his hat and bows. The puppets wave, and the curtain closes.

1.
In paragraph 1, the narrator says Pip's voice is shaky. How should you read Pip's line in paragraph 2?
  • A. in a calm, slow voice
  • B. in a sleepy, quiet voice
  • C. in a worried, shaky voice
  • D. in a loud, angry voice
2.
Your voice goes up at the end of a question. Circle the two questions in the play.

My red hat is gone!Do not worry, Pip.Where did you have it last?We will check the swings together.Is it your hat, Pip, or is it a tomato?Thank you, Tilly!

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