Oral Reading Fluency (ORF): List of Fluidez lectora activities in Imagine Español

The Fluidez lectora activities within Imagine Español offer a way for Teachers and Administrators to evaluate students' oral reading fluency (ORF). These activities require students to read aloud for 1 minute. The students' voices are recorded and saved as an audio file for educators to review in the Portfolio portion of Imagine Español.


“Cold” Oral Reading Fluency Activities

There are 36 fluency passages that are “cold” in the sense that they are not dependent on an accompanying book for context.

The table below provides the Word Count, Grade Level, Lexile® measure, and Location of these uncontextualized fluency activities. 

Fluency Passage

Word Count

Grade Level

Lexile Measure

Location in Teacher Resources

El pionero de la bachata 142 3 720 Oral Reading Fluency
Cuba: un país de arte y color 146 3 540 Oral Reading Fluency

Corazón salsero

141 3 540 Oral Reading Fluency
Un brillo misterioso en el mar 145 3

660

 

Oral Reading Fluency
Un cumpleaños iluminado 143 3

700

 

Oral Reading Fluency
Un arte poco conocido 145 3 660 Oral Reading Fluency
Lápices y laberintos 131 3 800 Oral Reading Fluency

Nombres únicos 

137 3 620 Oral Reading Fluency
Al revés 131 3 740 Oral Reading Fluency
República Dominicana Carnaval de carnavales 130 3

620

 

Oral Reading Fluency
Plumas y brillos en el salón 136 3 940 Oral Reading Fluency

Leyendo a Darío 

156 4 650 Oral Reading Fluency
El tesoro del primo 157 4 760 Oral Reading Fluency
Nuestros antepasados 147 4 660 Oral Reading Fluency
Un héroe de ojos rojos 154 4 570 Oral Reading Fluency
Un lenguaje diferente 155 4 720 Oral Reading Fluency
Una dupla creativa 155 4 790 Oral Reading Fluency
Un buen juego 143 4 700 Oral Reading Fluency

Sólo un número 

151 4 800 Oral Reading Fluency

Indígenas americanos: Cientos de pueblos, cientos de lenguas 

158 4 750 Oral Reading Fluency
Una combinación generacional 156 4 780 Oral Reading Fluency
El pueblo de los Garífunas 159 4 820 Oral Reading Fluency
Al compás del tambor 151 4 720 Oral Reading Fluency

La pelota perfecta 

198 5 900 Oral Reading Fluency
Tambores y colores 187 5 570 Oral Reading Fluency

La Madre Tierra 

195 5 740 Oral Reading Fluency
La cueva de las maravillas 193 5 750 Oral Reading Fluency
Un latido diferente 210 5 880 Oral Reading Fluency
Latidos en la palma de la mano 211 5 860 Oral Reading Fluency
Imaginación sin límites 213 5 860 Oral Reading Fluency
Entre desafíos reales y virtuales 213 5 820 Oral Reading Fluency

La selva viviente 

190 5 790 Oral Reading Fluency

A través del arte 

216 5 790 Oral Reading Fluency
Libertadores y libertadoras 199 5 820 Oral Reading Fluency
Malena y Catalina abren campo 204 5 820 Oral Reading Fluency
Susana Esther Baca 186 5 1000 Oral Reading Fluency

Contextualized ("Warm") Oral Reading Fluency Activities

The contextualized oral reading fluency activities are automatically assigned at different points in a student’s learning path. Each passage reflects the themes, characters, and content of the book lesson Vamos a Leer from which the fluency activity is launched.

 Note

The Lexile measures and word counts listed in the table below are for the portion of the book that students are asked to read aloud, and not for the entire book. That is why they do not match the Lexile measures or word counts listed in the Book Text printouts available in Teacher Resources. For example, the full-length version of the book Corazón salsero has an overall Lexile of 520L and a word count of 501, while the excerpt has a Lexile of 540L and a word count of 141. 

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The table below provides more information on each activity. 

Fluency Passage

Word Count

Grade Level

Lexile Measure

Location in Teacher Resources

Book No.

Bailando en la República Dominicana 136 3  610L Beginning Books 1
La magia del radiocasete 145 3  420L Beginning Books 2
Cuba: un país de arte y color 143 3  750L Beginning Books 3

Corazón salsero

 

141

3

 

 540L Beginning Books 4
Un brillo misterioso en el mar 144 3  630L Beginning Books 5
Un cumpleaños iluminado 136 3  600L Beginning Books 6
Un arte poco conocido 146 3  680L Beginning Books 7
Lápices y laberintos 142 3  750L Beginning Books 8

Nombres únicos

 

143 3  750L Beginning Books 9

Al revés

 

146

3

 

 390L Beginning Books 10
República Dominicana: Carnaval de carnavales 132 3  790L Beginning Books 11
Plumas y brillos en el salón 135 3  380L Beginning Books 12

Leyendo a Darío

 

154 4  820L Beginning Books 1
El tesoro del primo 158 4  760L Beginning Books 2
Nuestros antepasados 158 4  650L Beginning Books 3
Un héroe de ojos rojos 156 4  600L Beginning Books 4
Un lenguaje diferente 150 4  660L Beginning Books 5
Una dupla creativa 149 4  900L Beginning Books 6
Un buen juego 150 4  700L Beginning Books 7

Sólo un número

 

161 4  880L Beginning Books 8
Indígenas americanos: Cientos de pueblos, cientos de lenguas 151 4  790L Beginning Books 9
Una combinación generacional 158 4  680L Beginning Books 10
El pueblo de los Garífunas 138 4  750L Beginning Books 11
Al compás del tambor 156 4  900L Beginning Books 12
La pelota perfecta 202 5  840L Beginning Books 1
Tambores y colores 208 5  660L Beginning Books 2
La Madre Tierra 194 5  680L Beginning Books 3
La cueva de las maravillas 210 5  860L Beginning Books 4
Un latido diferente 191 5 750L  Beginning Books 5
Latidos en la palma de la mano 201 5  660L Beginning Books 6
Imaginación sin límites 208 5  720L Beginning Books 7
Entre desafíos reales y virtuales 197 5  1020L Beginning Books 8

La selva viviente

 

192 5  860L Beginning Books 9

A través del arte

 

204 5  840L Beginning Books 10
Libertadores y libertadoras 193 5  790L Beginning Books 11
Malena y Catalina abren campo 206 5  840L Beginning Books 12