Fluency Practice Passages

Better reading speed and accuracy with repeated readings of Fluency Practice Passages. Students orally read passages designed for one-infinitesimal readings several times with appropriate expression and smoothness to increase reading rate, resulting in improved focus on comprehension. View our Fluency Standards Table for additional information nearly recommended reading rates.

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Why Utilise Fluency Practice Passages

Fluency is a key foundational skill that helps students read complex text with greater agreement. When students read with accuracy and expression at an advisable reading rate, their fluency supports their comprehension. Repeated reading do with curt passages improves word recognition and automaticity.

How to Employ Fluency Practice Passages

Passages are provided from Levels F to Z and are original fiction or nonfiction text that tin be used for i-on-i reading, independent timed reading, or partner timed reading.

  • One-on-One: Read the Fluency Assessment Passage to the student and so she or he can hear fluent reading. Have the student read the passage. If the student gets stuck on a discussion, read the word and take her or him repeat it.
  • Contained Timed Reading: Have a student start a stopwatch as she or he begins a passage, and finish it at the end of the passage. The pupil tin can record the words per minute and reading fourth dimension on a chart or graph.
  • Paired Readings: Ane partner times the other partner reading a passage. At the end of one minute, the partner with the timer says, "Cease" and circles the concluding word read. This partner so marks the number of words read on the table at the lesser of the page. After several readings the partners then switch roles.

Timed Reading Procedures

Y'all volition need:

  • 2 copies of the assessment passage—one for the student and i for the instructor
  • Stopwatch or clock
  • Pencil
  • Clipboard (so students will not see what you are writing)

Administer a one-minute reading, starting the stopwatch when the student begins the first word of the passage (the student will not read titles). Tell the student that if she or he has trouble (struggling for more than iii to 5 seconds), you will say the discussion then she or he tin can continue reading. After one minute, say "Stop," cease the stopwatch, and circle the concluding word read.

During the reading, resist the urge to right mistakes. Mistakes and self-correction volition exist accounted for in the score. If the student has extreme difficulty, stop the exam. Reassure the pupil that she or he will redo the assessment subsequently further reading practice. Yous should select a lower level passage for the next assessment.

Follow along on your copy word by word with your pencil. Make a slash ( / ) through any words the educatee misses or cannot read without assist. Marking a dash in a higher place words skipped. Errors include:

  • Skipped words
  • Mispronounced words
  • Word substitutions, including incorrect forms of the word
  • Words in the wrong order; both or all words are counted as wrong
  • Struggling that lasts for iii to v seconds, or more

The following are not considered misses:

  • Added words
  • Varying pronunciation due to accent, dialect, or speech impediment
  • Repetitions in which the wording is correct
  • Self-correcting a mistake; the word is scored every bit correct.

Timed Reading Scoring

  1. Write the student's goal charge per unit in the box provided.
  2. Count the total words the student reads in one infinitesimal using the words-per-line totals listed in the margin. This is the educatee'due south words-per-minute (WPM) charge per unit. Write this in the chart at the bottom, forth with the date of the reading.
  3. Count the number of errors (slashes). Record the number in the "Errors" line for the read.
  4. Subtract the number of errors from the full number of words read to detect the words correct per infinitesimal (WCPM).
  5. Divide the words correct per minute (WCPM) by the words per minute (WPM) and multiply this result by 100. This is the student's Accuracy/Reading Rate percentage.
  6. Record this number in the box.

After well-nigh four to six readings, students should achieve the target words right-per-infinitesimal (WCPM) standard for their grade level with an Accuracy/Reading Rate of 90 to 95 pct.

Example:

Words Per Minute (WPM): 60
Errors: vi		 Words Right Per Minute (WCPM):
lx – 6 = 54		 Accuracy/Reading Charge per unit pct:
54/60 = 0.nine
0.9 x 100 = 90%

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  • F
Level F

Day at the Beach, A

Practise Passage, Lexile 220L

Good Things to Do

Practice Passage, Lexile 200L

I Movement

Practice Passage, Lexile 260L

Mother's Day

Practice Passage, Lexile 270L

Sam'southward Diary

Practice Passage, Lexile 360L

Squares

Practice Passage, Lexile 160L

Tree Houses

Practise Passage, Lexile 160L

What Day Is Information technology?

Practice Passage, Lexile 260L

  • One thousand
Level G

Ants

Practice Passage, Lexile 310L

Can You Come across?

Practice Passage, Lexile 370L

Eggs

Do Passage, Lexile 240L

I Went for a Walk

Practice Passage, Lexile 230L

Pink Lady, The

Practise Passage, Lexile 210L

Snakes

Practice Passage, Lexile 280L

Spider and Fly

Practice Passage, Lexile 270L

Starfish

Practice Passage, Lexile 230L

  • H
Level H

How We Celebrate

Practice Passage, Lexile 340L

Making Limestone

Exercise Passage, Lexile 280L

May's Pig

Practise Passage, Lexile 240L

Nature's Toothbrush

Practice Passage, Lexile 280L

Sea, The

Practice Passage, Lexile 290L

Some Animals

Practice Passage, Lexile 260L

Exam Questions

Practice Passage, Lexile 430L

Tiny

Practise Passage, Lexile 270L

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