Oral Reading Fluency (ORF): List of Fluent Reader passages in Imagine Language & Literacy

The Fluent Reader activities within Imagine Language & Literacy offer a way for Teachers and Administrators to evaluate students' oral reading fluency.

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“Cold” Oral Reading Fluency Activities

There are 36 fluency passages that you can assign to your students via a Playlist. The passages 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, and Lexile® measure of the uncontextualized oral reading fluency activities that are are available for you to assign to your students. To manually assign or reassign one of the passages listed below, follow the steps in the "Cold" ORF Activities tab here

Fluency Passage

Word Count

Grade Level

Lexile

Location

Boat Show

77

1

260L

Oral Reading Fluency

Kim and the Seeds

54

1

210L

Oral Reading Fluency

Snakes

81

1

220L

Oral Reading Fluency

Black Bears

90

1

280L

Oral Reading Fluency

Chip and His Friends

103

1

320L

Oral Reading Fluency

The Biggest Birds

142

1

300L

Oral Reading Fluency

Pam's Day at the Park

82

2

300L

Oral Reading Fluency

Carry Me

87

2

470L

Oral Reading Fluency

Ella and Bella

142

2

400L

Oral Reading Fluency

Snow Monkeys

107

2

460L

Oral Reading Fluency

Babysitting

136

2

490L

Oral Reading Fluency

Earth Day

146

2

450L

Oral Reading Fluency

Who Will Be Kind?

137

3

550L

Oral Reading Fluency

The Oldest Tortoise

150

3

610L

Oral Reading Fluency

Chocolate Mess 

108

3

740L

Oral Reading Fluency

Look, Up in the Sky

136

3

720L

Oral Reading Fluency

Whistles in the Wind

240

3

790L

Oral Reading Fluency

Music Gets Personal 

147

3

770L

Oral Reading Fluency

Rainforest Doctor 

168

4

780L

Oral Reading Fluency

Jane Goodall 

110

4

800L

Oral Reading Fluency

The Coat: An African Folktale 

162

4

880L

Oral Reading Fluency

Zero-Gravity Nutrition 

207  

4

900L

Oral Reading Fluency

The Cherry Tree 

223

4

950L

Oral Reading Fluency

The Cardinal 

142

4

1080L

Oral Reading Fluency

The Mountain Owl

225

5

900L

Oral Reading Fluency

Understanding Wasps and Bees

191

5

980L

Oral Reading Fluency

The New Kid

196

5

980L

Oral Reading Fluency

Elijah Cummings

156

5

1060L

Oral Reading Fluency

Sasha

165

5

970L

Oral Reading Fluency

A Black Hole is NOT a Hole

210

5

990L

Oral Reading Fluency

Swiss Family Robinson

202

6

990L

Oral Reading Fluency

Becoming a Knight

162

6

1010L

Oral Reading Fluency

Marissa's Lake

141

6

1100L

Oral Reading Fluency

Bees vs Wasps

169

6

1060L

Oral Reading Fluency

Night at the Orchestra

177

6

1170L

Oral Reading Fluency

Susan La Flesche Picotte

200

6

1110L

Oral Reading Fluency

Contextualized ("Warm") Oral Reading Fluency Activities

The passages below are the original fluency activities that were available in the program before the addition of the "cold" activities. The contextualized 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 from which the fluency activity is launched.

The table below indicates where to locate the contextualized fluency activities that are delivered automatically to students as part of their learning sequence. To manually assign or reassign one of the passages listed below, follow the steps in the Contextualized ORF Activities tab here.

 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 printouts available in Teacher Resources. For example, the full-length version of the book King Midas has an overall Lexile of 410L and a word count of 277, while the excerpt has a Lexile of 390L and a word count of 158. 

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Fluency Passage

Word Count in Excerpt

Grade Level

Lexile in Excerpt

Location

The Prize

79

K

250L

Primary Decodable Books

Crash!

84

K

260L

Primary Decodable Books

I Hate This Bike

76

K

210L

Primary Decodable Books

Oh the Pain!

93

1

360L

Primary Decodable Books

Stuck

98

1

280L

Primary Decodable Books

The Trunk of Money

92

1

330L

Primary Decodable Books

The Cool Ball

83

1

290L

Primary Decodable Books

A Walk in the Dark

93

1

340L

Primary Decodable Books

Let’s Draw

104

1

330L

Primary Decodable Books

First Place

103

1

380L

Primary Decodable Books

Action!

95

1

410L

Primary Decodable Books

The Tiger and the Fox

151

2

440L

Intermediate Decodable Books

King Midas

158

2

390L

Intermediate Decodable Books

Hide and Seek

149

2

500L

Books by Lexile

Symbols and Secrets

158

2

390L

Books by Lexile

Don’t Eat Me!

128

2

450L

Books by Lexile

World of Celebrations

152

2

470L

Books by Lexile

I Don’t Understand

154

2

540L

Books by Lexile

Lost

156

2

490L

Books by Lexile

Ben’s Big Ideas

153

2

480L

Books by Lexile

Weightless in Space

114

2

540L

Books by Lexile

Symbols and Secrets - Advanced

172

3

590L

Books by Lexile

Curtains Up

181

3

650L

Books by Lexile

Hide and Seek - Advanced

169

3

630L

Books by Lexile

World of Celebrations - Advanced

176

3

510L

Books by Lexile

Rainforest Explorer

169

3

710L

Books by Lexile

Picture This

172

3

650L

Books by Lexile

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind

168

3

500L

Books by Lexile

Board Sports

176

3

570L

Books by Lexile

Stopping the Killers

175

3

660L

Books by Lexile

Lost - Advanced

191

4

620L

Books by Lexile

Phaethon’s Ride

192

4

730L

Books by Lexile

The Exploding Mountain

186

4

620L

Books by Lexile

Curtains Up -Advanced

192

4

770L

Books by Lexile

Don’t Eat Me - Advanced

195

4

610L

Books by Lexile

Don’t Fence Me In - Advanced

194

4

890L

Books by Lexile

Ben’s Big Ideas - Advanced

205

4

790L

Books by Lexile

Inventions - Advanced

190

4

770L

Books by Lexile

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind- Advanced

202

5

500L

Books by Lexile

Rainforest Explorer - Advanced

185

5

870L

Books by Lexile

Sir Isaac Newton - Advanced

200

5

850L

Books by Lexile

Phaethon’s Ride - Advanced

210

5

860L

Books by Lexile

Picture This - Advanced

211

5

820L

Books by Lexile

Stopping the Killers - Advanced

210

5

880L

Books by Lexile

Mystery on Guam

197

5

700L

Books by Lexile

Don’t Sell Yourself Short

192

6

720L

Books by Lexile

The Exploding Mountain - Advanced

184

6

960L

Books by Lexile

Hannah and Sarah: Rockin' Any Challenge

208

6

820L

Books by Lexile

Mysterious Laws of Motion

223

6

800L

Books by Lexile

Little Planets, Big Problem

191

6

960

Books by Lexile