Downloadable free reading fluency assessment passages 1st grade

Don't worry, you can still print passages if you'd like. Reading Passages. Download and print any of our exclusive passages for free. Grade Level One. A Cold Winter Day 1. Preview and Download Passage. A Day at the Park 1. Coins 1. Going to the Farm 1. The Beach Trip 1. The Big Green Frog 1. Background: These passages and activities have been chosen for a first grade reading level.

Students read at a 1st grade grade level. Students learn reading strategies to decode words in kindergarten. These phrases may be written on sentence strips to be practiced at home. Reading Passages: The same story will be read 3 times per evening, Monday-Thursday for homework. Use the chart to match Lexile levels with DRA levels. The following criteria is taken into consideration when leveling passages.

For Grades 2—6, there are 30 fiction and nonfiction passages per grade to help you assess fluency, using at least two selections every two to three weeks for most students. The page numbers on the chart below are a guide to help you decide which fluency passages to use each unit of the school year. This activity, in less than five minutes, shows your child that they have the power and control over how the story sounds!

A chorus read is when you and your child read at the same time, like how singers sing in a chorus. Pick a paragraph in a story and let your child practice reading fluently with you. While reading a book to your child, have them repeat a sentence from the story after you have read it. Let them practice making their voice sound natural and changing the tone as the sentence ends. If a character in the story speaks, model how they talk, then have your child repeat after you.

Have your child re-read their favorite poem each night. Using any picture book, have your child read it as though it was a performance, acting out each page from the story. Timed Fluency Passages. These are sample end-of-first grade reading passages that are used for timed reading to show parents how their child is tested. Once the student begins, they are timed for one minute and the teacher follows along on a copy of the same passage. The teacher notes the places where your child skipped words or misread.

After the minute stops, the child stops reading and the teacher counts the number of words read correctly. Students are typically tested three times throughout the year.

This will make your child a stronger, faster and more fluent reader. Starfall Phonics Activities.