Fluency Practice with Short Passages

2nd Grade English practice: Read the short story: 'The brave little mouse wanted cheese. He tiptoed past the sleepy cat. He grabbed a big piece!' What happened right after the mouse tiptoed. Part of fluency & word recognition (Fluency & Word Recognition).

~10 min

Let's read a short passage, focusing on reading smoothly, accurately, and with good expression.

Recognizing High-Frequency Sight Words

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The word 'the' is one of the most common sight words in English.

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Sight words are common words that you see all the time in books. Recognizing them quickly helps you read more smoothly.

💡 Try to memorize these words by looking at the whole word instead of sounding it out.