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