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Pop! Reading the Bubble Contest Aloud

Read an original story about a giant bubble contest aloud, using phrasing, end marks, sound words and italics to read with expression.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRF.4.4.b

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 10 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 4
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students group words into phrases and pause at commas when they read prose aloud.
  • Students use end marks, sound words and italics to read a story with expression.
  • Students check their accuracy by comparing what they read to the text.

How to use

Have partners read the story aloud twice before answering. For each question, ask them to reread the paragraph it names aloud and try out the pace or voice.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RF.4.4.b

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

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Pop! Reading the Bubble Contest Aloud

Practice phrasing, pace and expression with a story.

Read the story aloud

Read the story aloud to a partner two times. On the second reading, let the punctuation and sound words guide your voice.

The Giant Bubble Contest

1Every June, the brick plaza in the middle of town fills with buckets, wands, and giggling kids. It is the day of the Giant Bubble Contest. Amara had practiced for weeks in her backyard. Her wand was made from two sticks and a long loop of soft string, and her little brother Teo carried the bucket of bubble mix.

2"Is it our turn yet?" Teo asked for the third time. "Not yet," Amara said. "We're number twelve. They just called number nine." Teo bounced on his toes. "Nine, ten, eleven, TWELVE! That's so far away!"

3At last, a judge in a big straw hat waved them forward. Amara dipped the wand into the bucket, lifted it slowly above her head, and walked backward across the bricks. A shimmering tube of bubble stretched out behind the string. It grew... and grew... and grew. The crowd went quiet. "Shhh," whispered a girl in the front row. "Don't scare it."

4Then a gust of wind swept around the corner. Whoooosh! The giant bubble wobbled, twisted, and broke free from the wand. It floated up over the fountain, as long as a car and shining with swirls of pink, green, and gold.

5"Catch it!" Teo yelled. He ran. He jumped. He reached up with both hands—POP! Soapy drops sprinkled down on everyone's heads.

6For a moment, nobody said a word. Teo's face crumpled. "I popped it," he said in a tiny voice. "I'm sorry." Amara knelt beside him. "Hmmm..." she said slowly, tapping her chin. Then she grinned. "That was the biggest bubble I've ever made. And you know what? We have a whole bucket left."

7The judge laughed and held up a gold ribbon. "Biggest bubble of the day!" she announced. The crowd cheered, and Teo cheered loudest of all. "This is our ribbon," he said proudly, "not just yours." Amara laughed and handed him the wand.

1.
Read this sentence from paragraph 3 aloud. Each / mark shows a short pause. Which choice groups the words the best way?
  • A. Amara dipped the wand / into the bucket, lifted it / slowly above her head, and walked / backward across the bricks.
  • B. Amara dipped / the wand into the bucket, lifted it slowly above her head, and / walked backward across / the bricks.
  • C. Amara dipped the wand into the bucket, / lifted it slowly above her head, / and walked backward across the bricks.
  • D. Amara / dipped the wand into the bucket, lifted it slowly above / her head, and walked / backward across the bricks.
2.
Read paragraph 3 again. Underline the sentence you should read slowly, with small pauses, to show the bubble getting bigger and bigger.

At last, a judge in a big straw hat waved them forward.Amara dipped the wand into the bucket, lifted it slowly above her head, and walked backward across the bricks.A shimmering tube of bubble stretched out behind the string.It grew... and grew... and grew.The crowd went quiet."Shhh," whispered a girl in the front row."Don't scare it."

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