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 |
260 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Kim and the Seeds |
54 |
1 |
210 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Snakes |
81 |
1 |
220 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Black Bears |
90 |
1 |
280 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Chip and His Friends |
103 |
1 |
320 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
The Biggest Birds |
142 |
1 |
300 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Pam's Day at the Park |
82 |
2 |
300 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Carry Me |
87 |
2 |
470 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Ella and Bella |
142 |
2 |
400 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Snow Monkeys |
107 |
2 |
460 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Babysitting |
136 |
2 |
490 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Earth Day |
146 |
2 |
450 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Who Will Be Kind? |
137 |
3 |
550 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
The Oldest Tortoise |
150 |
3 |
610 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Chocolate Mess |
108 |
3 |
740 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Look, Up in the Sky |
136 |
3 |
720 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Whistles in the Wind |
240 |
3 |
790 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Music Gets Personal |
147 |
3 |
770 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Rainforest Doctor |
168 |
4 |
780 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Jane Goodall |
110 |
4 |
800 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
The Coat: An African Folktale |
162 |
4 |
880 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Zero-Gravity Nutrition |
207 |
4 |
900 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
The Cherry Tree |
223 |
4 |
950 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
The Cardinal |
142 |
4 |
1080 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
The Mountain Owl |
225 |
5 |
900 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Understanding Wasps and Bees |
191 |
5 |
980 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
The New Kid |
196 |
5 |
980 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Elijah Cummings |
156 |
5 |
1060 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Sasha |
165 |
5 |
970 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
A Black Hole is NOT a Hole |
210 |
5 |
990 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Swiss Family Robinson |
202 |
6 |
990 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Becoming a Knight |
162 |
6 |
1010 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Marissa's Lake |
141 |
6 |
1100 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Bees vs Wasps |
169 |
6 |
1060 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Night at the Orchestra |
177 |
6 |
1170 |
Oral Reading Fluency |
Susan La Flesche Picotte |
200 |
6 |
1110 |
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.
The Prize |
79 |
K |
Beginning Books |
18 |
Crash! |
84 |
K |
Beginning Books |
21 |
I Hate This Bike |
76 |
K |
Beginning Books |
24 |
Oh the Pain! |
93 |
1 |
Beginning Books |
27 |
Stuck |
98 |
1 |
Beginning Books |
30 |
The Trunk of Money |
92 |
1 |
Beginning Books |
33 |
The Cool Ball |
85 |
1 |
Beginning Books |
36 |
A Walk in the Dark |
93 |
1 |
Beginning Books |
39 |
Let’s Draw |
104 |
1 |
Beginning Books |
42 |
First Place |
103 |
1 |
Beginning Books |
45 |
Action! |
95 |
1 |
Beginning Books |
48 |
The Tiger and the Fox |
151 |
2 |
Transition Books |
51B |
King Midas |
158 |
2 |
Transition Books |
54B |
Hide and Seek |
149 |
2 |
Leveled Books |
55 |
Symbols and Secrets |
158 |
2 |
Leveled Books |
58 |
Don’t Eat Me! |
155 |
2 |
Leveled Books |
59 |
World of Celebrations |
152 |
2 |
Leveled Books |
62 |
I Don’t Understand |
154 |
2 |
Leveled Books |
63 |
Lost |
156 |
2 |
Leveled Books |
66 |
Ben’s Big Ideas |
153 |
2 |
Leveled Books |
68 |
Weightless in Space |
152 |
2 |
Leveled Books |
69 |
Symbols and Secrets - Advanced |
173 |
3 |
Leveled Books |
72 |
Curtains Up |
181 |
3 |
Leveled Books |
73 |
Hide and Seek - Advanced |
169 |
3 |
Leveled Books |
75 |
World of Celebrations - Advanced |
176 |
3 |
Leveled Books |
78 |
Rainforest Explorer |
178 |
3 |
Leveled Books |
79 |
Picture This |
172 |
3 |
Leveled Books |
84 |
Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind |
169 |
3 |
Leveled Books |
88 |
Board Sports |
176 |
3 |
Leveled Books |
91 |
Stopping the Killers |
175 |
3 |
Leveled Books |
96 |
Lost - Advanced |
192 |
4 |
Leveled Books |
100 |
Phaethon’s Ride |
192 |
4 |
Leveled Books |
104 |
The Exploding Mountain |
186 |
4 |
Leveled Books |
107 |
Curtains Up -Advanced |
192 |
4 |
Leveled Books |
111 |
Don’t Eat Me - Advanced |
195 |
4 |
Leveled Books |
115 |
Don’t Fence Me In - Advanced |
194 |
4 |
Leveled Books |
120 |
Ben’s Big Ideas - Advanced |
205 |
4 |
Leveled Books |
124 |
Inventions - Advanced |
190 |
4 |
Leveled Books |
128 |
Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind |
192 |
5 |
Leveled Books |
132 |
Rainforest Explorer - Advanced |
191 |
5 |
Leveled Books |
135 |
Sir Isaac Newton - Advanced |
200 |
5 |
Leveled Books |
140 |
Phaethon’s Ride - Advanced |
210 |
5 |
Leveled Books |
144 |
Picture This - Advanced |
211 |
5 |
Leveled Books |
148 |
Stopping the Killers - Advanced |
210 |
5 |
Leveled Books |
152 |
Mystery on Guam |
198 |
5 |
Leveled Books |
160 |
Don’t Sell Yourself Short |
192 |
6 |
Leveled Books |
163 |
The Exploding Mountain - Advanced |
184 |
6 |
Leveled Books |
167 |
Hannah and Sarah: Rockin' Any Challenge |
210 |
6 |
Leveled Books |
172 |
Mysterious Laws of Motion |
223 |
6 |
Leveled Books |
175 |
Little Planets, Big Problem |
192 |
6 |
Leveled Books |
180 |