Silent Reading Fluency Scoring Key
Form
A
Sample Items
A. Is water dry? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
B. Are some apples red?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
Teaching Items
1. Do cows fly? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
2. Do trains swim? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
3. Do balls roll?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
4. Is green a color?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
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Test Items
1. Do some dogs bark?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
2. Do flowers jump?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
3. Can babies cry?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
4. Do bees buzz?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
5. Do plants grow?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
6. Do pencils drive cars?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
7. Is the sun bright? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
8. Do fish swim?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
9. Do cats have wings?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
10. Are some knives sharp?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
11. Do tables run? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
12. Is a circle round? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
13. Do hens lay eggs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
14. Do some doors open and close? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
15. Do babies write books?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
16. Do birds have beaks?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
17. Are books made of ice? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
18. Do bananas have teeth? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
19. Can people sit on chairs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
20. Do some cows give milk? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
21. Do boats have arms and legs?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
22. Is a kitten a baby cat?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
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23. Do heavy rocks float on water? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
24. Do horses live in sinks?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
25. Is a square a shape?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
26. Do spiders have legs?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
27. Are strawberries a kind of fruit?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
28. Does paper breathe air?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
29. Do some people use an umbrella when it rains?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
30. Does honey taste salty?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
31. Do elephants have stripes?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
32. Do cows sleep in beds?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
33. Is water hot when it boils?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
34. Do balls have straight sides? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
35. Do all shoes tie with buttons?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
36. Do people see with their arms? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
37. Are some windows made with glass?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
38. Are there fish that live in the ocean?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
39. Do people blink their eyes?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
40. Is a blanket made of steel? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
41. Does the human body have bones? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
42. Do bubbles blow in the wind?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
43. Does ice melt when it gets hot? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
44. Do frogs have feathers?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
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45. Do students read while they sleep?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
46. Are sidewalks used for walking? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
47. Are flies smaller than lions?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
48. Are pillows softer than bricks?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
49. Do buildings have ears? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
50. Are baby dogs called cows?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
51. Are apples larger than ants? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
52. Can glass break?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
53. Do some people keep dogs as pets?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
54. Can the moon fit in someone’s pocket?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
55. Do some teachers work in schools?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
56. Do people wear shoes on their backs?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
57. Do most people walk on eight legs?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
58. Are clocks used for telling time?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
59. Do people hold phones with their noses?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
60. Does a flying bird have wings? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
61. Are raindrops bigger than puddles?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
62. Do people store things in boxes? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
63. Are some foods cooked in ovens? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
64. Do all people sleep on the ceiling?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
65. Are some cars driven on roads?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
66. Are teachers older than babies?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
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67. Is a hat worn on the head? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
68. Do people keep snowflakes as pets?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
69. Do elephants have long trunks? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
70. Do people have toes on their feet?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
71. Do clouds float in the air?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
72. Are scissors used for cutting?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
73. Are flowers taller than buildings?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
74. Do people move their legs when walking?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
75. Do fish wear coats to keep warm?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
76. Are mountains bigger than hills?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
77. Do people smell with their noses?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
78. Is a bus a type of animal?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
79. Does fire burn under water?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
80. Do sheep live in the ocean?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
81. Are horses ridden by people? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
82. Are socks and shoes worn on the feet?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
83. Are teeth used for chewing?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
84. Do cats walk on the ground with their paws?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
85. Is ice hot when it freezes?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
86. Do snakes wear shoes?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
87. Do people speak softly when they whisper?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
88. Is a house a kind of vegetable? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
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89. Do all people nap with their eyes open?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
90. Is money used to buy things?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
91. Do bears live in apartment buildings?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
92. Is a feather heavier than a book?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
93. Does ice cream melt when left in the sun?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
94. Is a knee part of an arm? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
95. Do people take showers to stay dry? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
96. Do dogs drink water?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
97. Do people smile with their elbows?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
98. Can staples be used to keep several pieces of paper together?. . . . . . . . YES NO
99. Do spiders catch cars in the webs they spin?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
100. Do people use water when washing dishes? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
101. Do students usually wear swimsuits to class? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
102. Is a vegetable something that a person can eat? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
103. Do horses use a knife and fork to eat hay? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
104. Is breakfast the meal some people eat in the morning?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
105. Is a mother younger than her child? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
106. Can a man hold an entire ocean in his hands? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
107. Is your mouth the place where your tongue is found?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
108. Do people put food in a refrigerator to keep it hot?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
109. Is an apple something a person might find at the grocery store? . . . . . . . YES NO
110. Does walking usually help someone go long distances faster than
riding in a car? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YES NO
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