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Fluency Passage Packfor Grade 3
This resource contains leveled passages designed to support systematic, explicit, and frequent practice of foundational reading skills, including the use of phonics patterns and word analysis strategies.
When used as part of the Lexia® Core5® Reading blended learning model—in conjunction with the online program and teacher-delivered instructional resources—the passages help students build automaticity and fluency.Each passage is formatted with additional line spacing, a wide right margin, and a line-by-line running word count to provide opportunities for both practice and formative assessment. An appendix with target word analysis skills is also included.
Sample passage with teacher notes:
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BEARS OF THE ARCTICLEVEL 17, UNIT 11WORD COUNT: 204
The arctic is the land around the North Pole and it’s a place with
extremely cold winters. Two kinds of bears live here. The first are
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Reading Fluency Passages: Levels 13–14
Unit Core5 Passage Title Word Count Page
Core5 Level 13
01 Jaden and the Bird Nest 144 4
02 Mike's Big Move 150 6
03 A Guessing Game 156 8
04 Making Craft Projects 148 10
05 The Rules of Tennis 150 11
06 All About Glass Snakes 150 12
07 Your Teeth 154 13
08 Marta and Sam Play in the Snow 148 14
09 Keesha Gets the Flu 155 16
10 First Snow 167 18
11 The Best Birthday Gift 150 20
12 New Year's Eve 197 22
13 Turtle's Travels 151 24
14 Mammals that Fly 148 26
15 A Budgie: The Perfect Pet 148 27
16 Lighthouse Facts 143 28
17 Carmen Tries to Take a Nap 151 29
18 Wild Animal Advice 146 31
19 Yoko's Lost Phone 153 32
20 Cave Paintings 143 34
Core5 Level 14
01 Learning to Swim 162 36
02 Facts About Shade Trees 161 38
03 Gestures Around the World 168 40
04 Building Sand Castles 160 42
05 Amber's Party 154 44
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Core5 Level 14 continued
06 Fox Loses His Tail 168 46
07 Lightning Safety 170 48
08 Building Bridges 162 50
09 The Planet Earth 166 52
10 Trip to the Farm 235 54
11 Hermit Crabs 161 56
12 Animal Helpers 155 58
13 Pablo's Problem 164 60
14 Ellen at the Park 160 62
15 Insect Cities 162 64
16 The School Fair 170 66
17 The Housewarming Party 176 67
18 The Sport of Log Rolling 174 69
19 Lucky Ladybugs 173 71
20 Missing Homework 172 73
Appendix A: Word Analysis Skills 75
Appendix B: National Oral Reading Fluency Norms 77
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JADEN AND THE BIRD NESTLEVEL 13, UNIT 1WORD COUNT: 144
A tree grew next to Jaden’s house. One spring day, Jaden
passed by the tree and saw a nest in it. A little gray-green
bird was in the nest. It sat very still. Jaden did not want
to scare the bird, so she kept herself from getting close.
She spoke in a soft voice.
“Keep your eggs warm and safe,” Jaden told the little bird.
“I want to see them hatch.”
Every day, Jaden spoke to the little bird in its nest.
“When will your eggs hatch?” Jaden asked.
One day, the bird was not in its nest. Jaden saw the bird on a
branch. It held a large insect in its beak. Jaden came closer to
look at the nest. Three tiny birds had their mouths wide open.
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“They hatched!” Jaden whispered. She stepped back so that
the bird could feed its babies.
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MIKE’S BIG MOVELEVEL 13, UNIT 2WORD COUNT: 150
Mike lives on Oak Street. A park is at the end of the street.
Mike rides his bike on the bike path there. He plays ball in
the park, too.
Mike likes his house on Oak Street. He feels sad because
he must leave it. His family is moving to a new house on
Pine Street.
“I don’t want to move to Pine Street,” Mike says. “This is the
nicest place I know.”
Now, Mike lives on Pine Street. The street is safer for bike
riding. Mike plays ball in a field across the street. The
town pool is near Mike’s house. Mike is taking swimming
lessons there.
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On the day his family moved to Pine Street, Mike met Allen.
Mike and Allen live next door to each other. They are best
friends now.
Mike says, “I’m glad I moved to Pine Street. This is the nicest
place I know.”
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A GUESSING GAMELEVEL 13, UNIT 3WORD COUNT: 156
Carlos and Harper played a guessing game. “Guess what is
in my hand,” Carlos said. “The first letter is s”
“Is it a seashell?” Harper asked.
“No, the second clue I will give you is that it is long,” said Carlos.
Harper asked, “Is it a screwdriver?”
Carlos shook his head no and said, “The last clue is that you
use it to tie things.”
“Is it a string?” asked Lin. “Yes,” said Carlos and he showed
the string in his hand.
Harper held out her fist to Carlos and said, “Guess what is in
my hand. The first letter is b”
“I think it’s a beetle,” said Carlos.
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“Guess again,” said Harper. “The second clue is that it is round.”
Carlos asked, “Is it a button?”
“That’s a good guess, but I’m not holding a button,” said Harper.
“The third clue is that you eat it.”
“It’s a berry!” said Carlos, and he was right.
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MAKING CRAFT PROJECTSLEVEL 13, UNIT 4WORD COUNT: 148
Do you like to draw? Try making a scratch drawing. You will
need a sheet of drawing paper, colored crayons, a black
crayon, and a toothpick. Begin by coloring the paper different
colors. Fill the whole sheet. Next, use the black crayon to
cover the sheet with black. Then use the toothpick to draw
lines. The toothpick will scratch away the black and show the
colors under it. What will your scratch drawing show?
Here is a different craft project to try. You will need white
glue, waxed paper, colored markers, and string. Squeeze the
bottle of white glue over the waxed paper. Make an interesting
shape with the glue. Let the glue dry. Next, use markers to
color the hard glue. Then pull the shape off the waxed paper.
Tie a string to the shape. Hang your shape by the window
to catch light from the sun.
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THE RULES OF TENNISLEVEL 13, UNIT 5WORD COUNT: 150
Have you ever watched a tennis match? A net stretches across
the middle of the court. There may be one player on each
side of the net or a team of two players. Each player swings
a racket to hit the ball over the net. The player tries to aim
the ball so that the player on the other side cannot hit it back.
Tennis players run and leap to keep the ball flying.
Tennis players use their rackets in different ways. To start a
game, a player serves it. To serve, the player throws the ball
up, then hits it over the net. The other player swings the
racket to hit the ball back. A player may make the ball drop
just over the net. The other player must run quickly to reach it.
An overhead smash is a strong, fast shot. A smash is hard to
hit back.
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ALL ABOUT GLASS SNAKESLEVEL 13, UNIT 6WORD COUNT: 150
Some animals do not match their names. The glass snake
is not made of glass. It is not even a snake. The glass snake
is really a lizard. Most glass snakes have no legs, just like
snakes. So a glass snake moves along the ground like a
snake. It slithers. Snakes cannot blink, but glass snakes can
blink. Snakes have long bodies and short tails. But glass
snakes have short bodies and longer tails.
Glass snakes live in hot regions. They hunt at night when it’s
cooler. They get their names because of their tails. The tail
can break off like a handle breaks off a glass cup. The glass
snake does this when in danger. The broken tail keeps
wiggling like it’s alive. The predator attacks the tail. The glass
snake races away. Soon it grows a new tail. But the new tail is
shorter than the original one.
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YOUR TEETHLEVEL 13, UNIT 7WORD COUNT: 154
Your teeth start growing before you’re born. They start to
come in when you’re six to twelve months old. These are
your baby teeth. You have twenty baby teeth in your mouth.
Then these teeth start falling out, one by one. This begins to
happen when children are about five. The tooth feels loose,
and you can move it back and forth. At last, it comes out!
There’s an empty space where there once was a tooth.
It takes years to lose all your baby teeth. You’ll be done losing
them when you’re about 13. Now, you’ll have adult teeth, and
you’ll have more teeth than before. Instead of 20 baby teeth,
you’ll have 28 adult teeth. A few years later, most people get
four more teeth. These are called wisdom teeth. They grow at
the back of the mouth, and these are the last teeth to grow in.
Now there are 32 teeth.
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MARTA AND SAM PLAY IN THE SNOWLEVEL 13, UNIT 8WORD COUNT: 148
It was a cold winter’s day, and bright white snow covered
the ground. Marta and Sam wanted to make something.
“We could make a snowman,” said Sam.
“Let’s make a snow-pet,” said Marta.
“Is a snow-pet a pet made of snow?” asked Sam.
“Yes,” said Marta.
“My cat is always sleeping by the window, so let’s make a
sleeping cat,” said Sam.
They shaped the snow so that it looked like a sleeping cat.
Marta and Sam wanted to make some more snow-pets.
“My pet dog always barks, so let’s make a barking dog,”
decided Marta.
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They piled up snow to make a dog and started shaping the
dog’s open mouth.
“I expected this to be easy, but it’s hard,” groaned Marta.
Soon Marta stepped back, “The mouth looks perfect!”
They looked at the silent dog. “I don’t mind him barking if
I can’t hear him,” laughed Marta.
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KEESHA GETS THE FLULEVEL 13, UNIT 9WORD COUNT: 155
Keesha had to stay in bed because she was sick with the flu.
Sometimes her fever gave her chills, and sometimes her
fever made her hot. She felt sore all over, and her nose was
stuffed up.
“Oh, I hate this nasty flu!” moaned Keesha.
“Poor Keesha,” said Dad. “Would you like some oatmeal to eat?”
“I would like to feel well,” said Keesha. “Could you wave a
magic wand and make me better?”
“I wish I could,” said Dad.
Keesha had been sick for a week, but now she felt much
better. “Can my friends visit me?” she asked.
“Yes, you can invite your friends over,” said Dad.
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Betsy and Rosa came over, and the three girls sat in
Keesha’s room.
“What’s it like?” asked Betsy. “I’ve never caught the flu.”
“It’s awful,” Keesha told her. “One second, I’m burning up.
The next second I’m freezing. You do not want to get
the flu!”
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FIRST SNOWLEVEL 13, UNIT 10WORD COUNT: 167
Rafe and his father had recently moved to a new country.
They were discovering that life in this new place was
very different.
Where they came from, the weather was very hot, and they
weren’t used to the cold. Rafe and his father got warm
clothes so they wouldn’t freeze.
One day, when Rafe woke up, everything had changed.
A thick white sheet covered the city outside. Small white
feathers were falling from the clouds.
“It’s snow,” Papa said, excited. “Quick! Get dressed, and we’ll
go outside.”
Rafe put on his new heavy jacket and warm boots. He pulled
a hat over his ears and followed his father outside.
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Soon, they were racing in the snow. It crunched under
their feet. Rafe let the snowflakes fall on his face.
“It feels like icy rain,” he cried. Papa reached down
and scooped up some snow in his gloves. So did Rafe.
They shaped them into balls and threw them at each other.
It was their first snowball fight!
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THE BEST BIRTHDAY GIFTLEVEL 13, UNIT 11WORD COUNT: 150
Ben wanted to give his mother a birthday gift she would
like, but he had no money. Ben made a picture book, and on
each page, he drew something his mother did to help the
family. He showed Momma going to work. He showed her
helping with homework and cooking a meal. He showed
her giving hugs. Ben printed words to go with each picture.
His book illustrated ten things on ten pages.
Ben’s mother unwrapped her birthday gifts. Poppa gave her
perfume. “Thank you! I love it!” shouted Momma. Ben’s
sister gave Momma a scarf. “Thank you! I love it!” shouted
Momma. Aunt Val gave Momma a blouse. “Thank you!
I love it!” shouted Momma.
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Momma opened the book Ben made that pictured all
the things she did to help the family. Momma looked at
each page, but she did not speak. “Thank you,” Momma
whispered. “I love it.”
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NEW YEAR’S EVELEVEL 13, UNIT 12WORD COUNT: 197
Taye’s typical bedtime was eight o’clock, but he rarely felt
ready to sleep when eight o’clock arrived. He wished
desperately he could stay up later. “I want to go to bed
at midnight,” Taye said one night as he got into bed.
Taye was surprised when his father said, “Okay. On Friday,
you can stay up ‘til midnight. We’ll all stay up that night.”
Then Taye remembered that Friday was New Year’s Eve.
On that holiday, his dad and older sister Zuri always stay
awake until midnight to celebrate the new year.
When Friday night finally arrived, Taye was thrilled to
celebrate New Year’s Eve. At midnight, a new year would
begin and Taye wanted to witness that happen. After dinner,
the family played games. They danced to music and then
they watched a movie on the television.
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“What time is it?” Taye asked his sister with a yawn. Zuri told
him it was 10pm.
The next thing he knew, it was morning and he was in bed.
“I couldn’t stay up ‘til midnight,” he said to his father bashfully.
“But then again, I guess I’ll always have the opportunity next
year!” Taye exclaimed with a smile.
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TURTLE’S TRAVELSLEVEL 13, UNIT 13WORD COUNT: 151
A turtle living in a river bank was bored. “I want to travel,”
she said. “I want to see the world.” As the turtle spoke,
two ducks swam by.
One duck told the turtle, “We fly to distant lands. We can
carry you with us, but you must do just what we tell you.”
The ducks told the turtle to hold the middle of a stick in
her mouth. The turtle bit on the stick.
“Keep biting on that stick,” one duck said.
“Don’t let go!” said the other duck.
The two ducks held the ends of the stick and rose high into
the air. The turtle hung between them. Her trip had begun!
“What a silly sight!” said a crow. “Turtles can’t fly!”
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Turtle didn’t like hearing that. “I CAN fly!” she said, but when
she opened her mouth to speak, she fell to the ground.
Her trip was over.
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MAMMALS THAT FLYLEVEL 13, UNIT 14WORD COUNT: 148
The only mammal with wings is the bat. All mammals have the
same basic body parts. But the bones of a bat’s arms, hands,
and fingers are shaped to hold wings. Skin stretches between
these bones and the bat’s body. The stretched skin forms the
wings. Many kinds of bats swoop, swerve, and circle to catch
insects. Some bats fly long distances, and some race at high
speeds. Bats are mammals of the air.
Have you ever seen a flying squirrel? These mammals are hard
to see. They come out at night. A flying squirrel does not have
true wings. A fold of skin connects the front and back legs on
each side of its body. When the flying squirrel pounces from
a branch, it spreads out its legs. The squirrel glides on the
stretched skin. Flying squirrels glide gracefully from tree to
tree to look for food.
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A BUDGIE: THE PERFECT PETLEVEL 13, UNIT 15WORD COUNT: 148
Many children want a pet. Cats and dogs are great pets.
Other animals can make fine pets too. One animal that is
friendly and likes to play is a budgie. A budgie is also called
a parakeet. It is a small, lively bird. Wild budgies live in flocks
in Australia. A pet budgie comes from a pet store. But like all
budgies, it doesn’t feel happy alone. It wants to be with its
human family.
A budgie needs proper food and care. Its cage should
have a wooden bar for a perch. A swing can give a budgie
something to do in its cage. But a budgie also needs to
fly freely every day. With training, a budgie will perch on a
finger. Many people choose budgies as pets because these
birds can copy the sounds of a human voice. Some pet owners
teach their budgie to talk!
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LIGHTHOUSE FACTSLEVEL 13, UNIT 16WORD COUNT: 143
Lighthouses are towers with lights on top. They can be found
beside water. Their lights are used at night or during storms.
The light must be big and bright so it can be seen from far
away. Lighthouses have two purposes. They guide ships into
a harbor, and they warn ships of danger. Perhaps there are
rocks sticking out of the water. The lighthouse is there to help
and protect ships.
One of the first lighthouses was built in Egypt thousands
of years ago. It was amazingly as tall as a city skyscraper.
Every night, a huge fire was lit at the top for sailors to see from
far away. That lighthouse stood for hundreds of years, but it
was wrecked by an earthquake. Once there were only a few
lighthouses, but more were built as more people began to
travel by sea.
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CARMEN TRIES TO TAKE A NAPLEVEL 13, UNIT 17WORD COUNT: 151
Carmen came in from working in her garden. She was
tired and wanted to take a nap. She crawled into bed
and snuggled down. She shut her eyes and was soon
asleep. The phone began ringing.
“Who is calling me now?” Carmen wondered.
It was a wrong number. Carmen got back in bed and fell
asleep. A car horn woke her.
“Who is honking that horn?” Carmen wondered.
The noise stopped, and Carmen fell back asleep.
Carmen had just begun to nap when some children started
playing under her window. They woke her up.
“Please play somewhere else,” Carmen urged gently.
“I’m trying to take a nap.”
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The children left, and a large dog began barking. After a
while, the dog was silent. Carmen lay in bed, but she was not
sleepy now.
“I might as well get up,” she groaned.
She went back into her garden to water her flowers.
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WILD ANIMAL ADVICELEVEL 13, UNIT 18WORD COUNT: 146
Some wild animals look cute and cuddly. They seem tame
and friendly. Think about a hungry squirrel, digging for food.
You might think you’re being helpful and kind by feeding it,
but you’re not! You don’t know what kind of food squirrels
need, and the squirrel won’t know you’re trying to help. It may
just get scared and run away, or it may get angry and bite you!
So, don’t forget this rule: Never feed wild animals.
Pets aren’t wild animals, but you need to be careful around
pets you’ve never met. You don’t know how they’ll act.
Maybe they’re fearful of strangers. A frightened pet might try
to bite you. Ask the pet’s owner if the pet is friendly. The owner
can help you make friends with the pet. If there’s no owner
around, leave the pet alone. Stay away. That way you’ll stay safe.
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YOKO’S LOST PHONELEVEL 13, UNIT 19WORD COUNT: 153
Yoko couldn’t find her phone, so she tried to remember the
last time she had used it.
“I talked to Mandy this morning,” she considered. “I was in my
bedroom when we talked.”
Yoko looked in her bedroom. She inspected her bedside
table, and she examined her shelves. She looked in her
closet and under her bed, but she didn’t find her phone.
“I must have taken it with me, but where did I take it?”
she thought.
Yoko looked for her brother and found Kento in the kitchen
preparing lunch.
“I misplaced my phone,” she told him. “I checked the last
place I used it. I can’t find it!”
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“Let’s retrace your steps,” advised Kento. “We’ll find it.”
They explored every place where Yoko had gone, but they
didn’t find her phone.
“Wait!” said Kento, “I’ll use my phone to call your phone.”
They followed the ringing sound and discovered Yoko’s phone.
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CAVE PAINTINGSLEVEL 13, UNIT 20WORD COUNT: 143
Long ago, prehistoric humans started making tools. Some of
these tools were used to hunt or to prepare food. Other tools
were used for painting. Painters made brushes from twigs,
feathers, leaves, and hair. They mixed paints from things they
found. These painters could produce red, black, brown, and
yellow paints.
They painted on the walls of caves. They mostly depicted
animals they knew, such as deer and horses. Most paintings
were done deep inside caves. That way, the paintings were
protected from weather.
The painters required light to see in the dark caves so they
set up torches. The paintings mostly show animals that look
remarkably real. The painters would only draw stick figures
to represent humans.
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Some cave artists signed their work. They didn’t use words.
Instead, they drew an outline around their hand. Even long
ago, people liked to draw!
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LEARNING TO SWIMLEVEL 14, UNIT 1WORD COUNT: 162
Bert and Kuri were at a pool, and they dangled their legs in
the water. Bert was learning to swim.
“Slide into the pool and hold onto the side,” instructed Kuri.
Bert slid in and tried to smile, but he was nervous.
“Watch me and I’ll show you a simple way to swim that’s
called the doggy paddle,” Kuri explained.
Kuri paddled around in the pool. Then, it was Bert’s turn,
but he splashed and splashed and almost sank.
“Was that OK?” asked Bert.
Kuri worked hard to give Bert swimming lessons. She kept
trying to show him how to do the doggy paddle.
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“Don’t splash so much,” she suggested. “When you paddle
with your hands, keep them under the water and pretend
you’re a dog running in the water.”
Bert tried to follow her advice, and it worked!
“That was much easier than before,” he exclaimed. “All that
splashing wasn’t fun, but now I know why you enjoy
swimming so much!”
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FACTS ABOUT SHADE TREESLEVEL 14, UNIT 2WORD COUNT: 161
There are two major kinds of trees. Shade trees have large,
flat leaves that provide relief on hot summer days. These
leaves turn bright colors before they detach and drop off
in fall. In winter, the branches are bare.
The other kind of tree doesn’t have flat leaves. It produces
long, needle-like leaves that do not drop off in fall. They
remain on the tree through winter. These trees are called
evergreens, and their leaves stay green all year round.
Some shade trees don’t lose all their leaves in fall. Many of
these are oaks, but oak trees do change color. Their leaves
turn brown in fall, but only some drop off. Others detach,
a few at a time, all through winter. A few leaves remain on the
tree even after winter ends. Then in early spring, they make
way for new green leaves.
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GESTURES AROUND THE WORLDLEVEL 14, UNIT 3WORD COUNT: 168
We don’t have to speak words out loud to show people how
we feel. When we’re angry, we frown or we may fold our
arms or stomp around, and when we’re cheerful, we smile or
giggle. If we’re sad, we might cry or groan, and if we’re cold,
we shiver. Maybe we dislike the food we’re eating and to
show disgust, we make a face or cringe. We don’t have to tell
others how we feel because they can tell by looking at us.
We show our feelings when we laugh, cry, or frown, and
people all over the world will understand. But what if we
nod? What if we shake our heads? These movements
mean different things in different regions. Often, a nod
means yes and shaking your head means no. However,
in some places, the signals are changed around.
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you visit a new place, make sure to find out how to show yes
and no.
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BUILDING SAND CASTLESLEVEL 14, UNIT 4WORD COUNT: 160
Dev and Ricardo were at the beach. Dev wanted to build
a castle made of sand, so he asked Ricardo for help.
“Isn’t that what little kids do?” asked Ricardo uncertainly.
“Not if we build a really fancy castle,” countered Dev.
Ricardo agreed, so they began making their castle. After a
while, a girl came over.
“I found some circular shells on the beach,” she said excitedly.
“Can I put them on your castle?”
The two boys smiled and said yes.
Soon after the girl offered to decorate Dev and Ricardo’s
sand castle with shells, other kids wanted to contribute too.
One girl carved out windows on each side of the castle,
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and another girl helped her. A boy helped make towers
in the center of the castle, and another boy helped make
a fence. At last, the castle was finished, and all the workers
stood up.
“Wow, our castle looks perfect!” said Dev. “We all make a
great team!”
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AMBER’S PARTYLEVEL 14, UNIT 5WORD COUNT: 154
Amber had planned a big party and had invited all the kids
in her class to come. She mailed out cards that announced,
“Come to my party on Sunday at one o’clock.”
Amber and Dad decorated the patio in back and prepared
lots of yummy food to eat. At one o’clock, the kids showed
up, but one girl was absent. Lily wasn’t there, and Lily was
Amber’s best friend.
“Oh, no, I forgot to tell her!” confessed Amber.
Amber raced inside and called Lily on the phone right away.
“What do you want?” sniffled Lily, sounding very dissapointed.
“Oh, Lily, I was going to invite you in person instead of
sending you a card,” explained Amber. “Please come to my
party. You’re my best friend!”
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“Wow, I’m relieved to hear that,” admitted Lily, laughing.
“I’ll be right over!”
“Hurray!” exclaimed Amber as she hung up the phone.
Now it would be a good party.
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FOX LOSES HIS TAILLEVEL 14, UNIT 6WORD COUNT: 168
Once upon a time, a trap snapped shut on Fox’s tail. Fox got
away, but his tail was left in the trap. Fox had always been
proud of his bushy tail, and he felt ashamed not to have it.
He hid from the other foxes for days. Then he made a plan.
Fox marched before the other foxes and said, “Look at me!
I got rid of my tail. It was big and ugly, and I am glad to be
free of it.”
Fox missed the tail he had left in a trap, but he acted as if
he was happy to have no tail.
Fox told the other foxes, “Cut off your tails my friends,
and you will feel lighter. After all, a bushy tail is so heavy.
You’ll look better, too.”
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The other foxes liked their tails so one of them said to Fox,
“If you still had your tail, you would not be telling us to get
rid of ours.”
Fox had not fooled anyone.
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LIGHTNING SAFETYLEVEL 14, UNIT 7WORD COUNT: 170
It’s only the afternoon, but it’s getting dark outside. Look out
the window, and you’ll see why. A big gray-black cloud is in
the sky. All at once, a zigzag of bright light flashes from the
cloud. It is a streak of lightning.
The lightning causes the air around it to become super-hot.
The extreme heat causes sound waves to travel through
the air. You may hear rumbles or claps, or you may hear a
big BOOM. These are the sounds of thunder.
When you see a flash of lightning, start counting the seconds.
Sound travels much slower than light. That means you’ll
hear the thunder after you see the lightning. If you count five
seconds, the lightning strike is about a mile away. Lightning
can be exciting to see, and thunder can be thrilling to hear,
but it’s best to see and hear a thunderstorm in a safe location.
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Run indoors when a thunderstorm starts. The safest place to
be in a thunderstorm is inside a house or building.
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BUILDING BRIDGESLEVEL 14, UNIT 8WORD COUNT: 162
A path in the woods leads to a wide stream. Someone has
pulled a log over the stream. The log has been turned into a
bridge. A log bridge is the simplest kind of bridge. It’s likely
that it was the very first bridge people ever made. As time
passed, bridge builders laid stone piles in the water and set
wooden planks over them. Still later, people learned that
a curved shape called an arch added strength. Early arch
bridges were made from stone.
Wood and stone were used to build bridges in the past.
Today’s bridges are built mainly with steel and concrete.
They cross rivers and lakes. They cross over highways and
deep valleys. Many modern bridges have roadways that hang
from steel ropes called cables. Cars, trucks, and trains travel
on the roadway. Those cables are strong! Bridges are useful.
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They are also beautiful to look at. A bridge is like a work of
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THE PLANET EARTHLEVEL 14, UNIT 9WORD COUNT: 166
We live on planet Earth. Our planet is a rocky body that
travels around a star. The name of the star is the Sun.
We often say that Earth circles the Sun, but that is not
exactly true. Earth’s path around the Sun is not a round circle.
It is more like a circle that has been flattened on two sides.
The path around the Sun is called an orbit. It takes a year
for Earth to complete one orbit around the Sun.
Planet Earth spins as it orbits the Sun. Earth takes 24 hours
to complete one spin. That time is one Earth day. We have
daylight when our spot on Earth faces the Sun. We have
darkness when we spin away from the Sun.
Earth spins at a tilt. We have seasons because of Earth’s tilt.
The northern half of Earth tilts away from the Sun in winter.
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At the same time, Earth’s southern half is having summer
because it tilts toward the Sun.
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TRIP TO THE FARMLEVEL 14, UNIT 10WORD COUNT: 235
Dontel’s class was visiting a farm for the day, and Dontel was
looking forward to everything he would discover. The bus
dropped the class off at the farm and as soon as Dontel was
standing in the warm sunlight, a ladybug landed on his arm.
What a sign of good luck!
First, the class picked berries from the farm’s fruit field, and
Dontel gathered a huge basket of blackberries. He popped
a few of the ripest berries in his mouth, and his lips turned
blue from the sweet juice.
The farm also had an area where farm animals were penned
behind a wooden fence. Dontel grabbed some hay and held
his hand out to a baby goat inside the pen. The goat nibbled
the hay right out of Dontel’s hand!
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“How was your trip to the farm?” Dontel’s mother asked
him when he returned home after his field trip.
Dontel said, “I thought it might to be a good day when a
ladybug landed on my arm, and I was right! I tasted the
most delicious snack: fresh blackberries, picked directly
from the bush. I petted a baby goat, and it ate hay straight
from my palm!”
“Were you nervous that the goat might nibble your fingers
instead of the hay?” his mother asked.
“No way!” Dontel replied to his mother. “The baby goat’s
tiny tongue tickled me, so I couldn’t stop giggling!” he
exclaimed.
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HERMIT CRABSLEVEL 14, UNIT 11WORD COUNT: 161
Hermit crabs are peculiar animals, but they are not really
true crabs. Crabs have hard coverings all over, while hermit
crabs have hard coverings on their legs, not on their bodies.
They’ve found a way to overcome this challenge. Hermit
crabs use empty snail shells to protect their soft bodies.
Once they find a good-sized shell, they tuck their bodies
inside and carry the shell around. It becomes their home.
When these crabs are in danger, they hide inside their shells.
Hermit crabs have five pairs of legs. The first pair are claws
for eating and for fighting off attackers. Three pairs are for
walking, and the last pair clutches the shell. Hermit crabs
never cease growing. When they outgrow their shells,
they find bigger ones.
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These crabs never walk around something. If they run into
an object, they climb over it or dig under it.
Hermit crabs can live for a long time. Some live to be thirty
years old.
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ANIMAL HELPERSLEVEL 14, UNIT 12WORD COUNT: 155
People aren’t the only ones who help each other. Animals
help each other, too. After an earthquake in Japan, many
people and animals were hurt or sick. As rescue crews
searched for them, they discovered a tired-looking dog
protecting a hurt dog. The guard dog wouldn’t leave its
friend. Sometimes it stroked the sick one with its paw. At first,
it wouldn’t let anyone come near, but then it allowed people
to rescue both of them.
Moko the dolphin is a famous animal helper. She liked to visit
a certain beach and would play with swimmers in the waves.
One day, two whales were stranded on this beach. People tried
to get the whales back into the sea, but the whales were tired
and confused. Suddenly, Moko appeared and swam to them.
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No one knows what she did. But the whales turned and
followed her. She saved them. Playful Moko was a hero
that day.
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PABLO’S PROBLEMLEVEL 14, UNIT 13WORD COUNT: 164
“Can you help me with a problem I want to solve?” Pablo
asked his dad. “I have nothing to do, so I’m really bored,”
Pablo admitted.
“You could read a book, or you could clean your room,”
Dad suggested.
“I’ve already read all my books and cleaned my room,”
Pablo responded with a sigh.
Dad looked thoughtful for a minute and then decided,
“You could help prepare lunch.”
Pablo agreed since he was hungry. “Let’s make tomato soup
and grilled cheese for lunch,” Pablo urged his dad.
“That’s a terrific idea!” Dad said.
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Dad heated the soup in a pan on the stove, and Pablo
prepared the sandwiches. He placed cheese between two
slices of bread. Then, he put the sandwiches in a frying pan
with butter. Dad heated that pan, too, until the cheese
melted and the bread was toasted on both sides.
When lunch was ready, Pablo and Dad sat down to eat.
Pablo smiled and said, “This was fun—and delicious!”
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ELLEN AT THE PARKLEVEL 14, UNIT 14WORD COUNT: 160
Ellen walked into the public park, sat on a bench, and looked
around. Two boys rode by on their bikes, and a man was
walking a little white dog. In the ballpark, two teams played
ball, while nearby, a girl and her mom flew a kite. A family
was having a picnic, and they sat on a red blanket spread out
on the grass. Ellen leaned back with a smile. The park was the
perfect place to do so many things!
Ellen sat under a tree in the park, pulled a book out of her
backpack, and started reading. Suddenly, she felt something
cold and wet. A little white dog was licking her hand.
“Hi!” she said.
A man hurried over, looking upset, and cried, “Snowball, come
here! You shouldn’t bother the nice girl while she’s reading.”
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“That’s okay,” remarked Ellen, grinning.
The man clipped a leash on his dog, smiled at Ellen, and
strode away.
“Goodbye, Snowball!” called Ellen.
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INSECT CITIESLEVEL 14, UNIT 15WORD COUNT: 162
Some insects, such as ants and bees, live together in a kind
of insect city. Other insects that live like this are termites.
Termites have strange eating habits: they like to eat wood
and also eat plastic. They eat a huge amount of food every
day. Termites often live underground and travel through
tunnels to get around. When their termite city gets too
crowded, they grow wings and fly off to set up a bigger
home in a new place.
Some termites live in hot regions. Their underground cities
rise up as mounds, but termites don’t live in the mounds.
They live deep underground. Some mounds are giant
and look like sand castles on a beach, but they’re larger
and stronger. They may be taller than an apartment building!
They’re made from a mix of soil and food that termites digest.
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Mounds have hollow pathways that wind goes through.
Wind moves cool air in and hot air out of their underground
homes.
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THE SCHOOL FAIRLEVEL 14, UNIT 16WORD COUNT: 170
Students are making a game for the school fair. They have three
big cartons. On one carton, they paint a monster’s face and
cut a hole for the mouth. The hole is bigger than a beach ball.
The students paint a clown’s face on the second carton and
cut a hole for the mouth. It is bigger than a softball. On the
third carton, the students paint an elf’s face, and the hole for
the mouth is bigger than a golf ball. Their game is ready.
The school fair was held in the gym where there were booths
with games. Children had their faces painted. One game was
a big hit. Players tried to throw a beach ball into the open
mouth of a painted monster. They aimed a softball at the big
mouth of a clown. They aimed a golf ball at the little mouth
of an elf. The game was hard to win but fun to play, and the
students felt proud of the game they had made.
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THE HOUSEWARMING PARTYLEVEL 14, UNIT 17WORD COUNT: 176
Mom said, “Uncle Declan and Aunt Farrah just moved to a
new home, and we’re going to their housewarming party.”
Lewis had never heard of a housewarming party. Was his
uncle and aunt’s new house too cold? How could a party
warm it up?
Mom baked two apple pies for the party, and Dad prepared
chili. Lewis saw steam rising from the pies, and the chili would
taste spicy hot, but could those foods warm up a house? Lewis
wondered as they drove to his uncle and aunt’s new home.
“Welcome to our housewarming party,” said Uncle Declan.
“Toss your jackets on the table in the bedroom.”
Lewis removed his jacket. He didn’t feel chilly, and he
squatted down to inspect a grate on the floor.
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“The heat is working,” he said.
Friends and family were at the party, and people were
talking, laughing, and eating. As Lewis looked around,
he saw that the living room seemed full of happy feelings.
“Now I understand,” Lewis said. “At a housewarming party,
good feelings warm a new home!”
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THE SPORT OF LOG ROLLINGLEVEL 14, UNIT 18WORD COUNT: 174
A log is floating in the swimming pool. The log is long and
covered in carpet. Two young girls are standing on top of the
log. Both girls take tiny steps to spin the log under their feet,
and their legs are a blur. This is a high-speed balancing act
because each girl is trying to make the other fall off the log
first. This sport is called log rolling, and strength and balance
are needed to play. Log rolling is an exciting sport for adults
and children alike.
Log rolling is a sport for people of all ages. The sport began
long ago in logging camps when loggers showed off their
skill at balancing on logs in a river. They also showed off their
skill at ax chopping, sawing, and tree climbing. Loggers are
also called lumberjacks.
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Today, lumberjack contests are not just for lumberjacks.
They are for anyone. In big contests, players compete for
prizes, and thousands of people come to watch the events.
Lumberjack sports are spreading all over the world.
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LUCKY LADYBUGSLEVEL 14, UNIT 19WORD COUNT: 173
What do some people do when an insect lands on them?
They slap it or brush it away, but what if the insect is a
ladybug? Many people let them remain, and they might
even exclaim, “How cute!”
Ladybugs are also called lady beetles or ladybird beetles.
A ladybug is a small beetle with a round body. Ladybugs may
be bright red or yellow, with spots of black or another color.
Pictures of ladybugs are on T-shirts, greeting cards, and other
objects. People just seem to like ladybugs.
Why do people admire ladybugs? One reason is that ladybugs
seem gentle, and they don’t bite or sting. Another reason
is that most ladybugs are helpful. These beetles eat insects that
destroy farm crops. Ladybugs have been relocated to farms
to eat pests. A ladybug’s bright colors are really a warning.
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The colors declare, “I taste bad.” Animals that eat insects
learn to stay away from ladybugs, but to people, a colorful
ladybug seems to extend an invitation. “Come close.
See how pretty I am!”
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MISSING HOMEWORKLEVEL 14, UNIT 20WORD COUNT: 172
Jackson wrote an adventure story for homework. His story
was about a boy with a magic cap that helped the boy defeat
monsters. The boy wore his magic cap to track a monster
to its dark cave. They had a confrontation, and the boy won.
Jackson printed out his story and put it away. Two days later,
Jackson’s homework was due, so he looked for the story he
had written.
“I remember putting my story in a safe spot,” Jackson said.
“But where is it?”
Jackson looked everywhere for his story. He checked
and rechecked his backpack, and he looked in his desk.
“Where did I put that story?” he asked himself. If Jackson
did not find his story soon, he would have to go to school
without his homework.
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“I wish I had a magic cap that would help me solve this,”
Jackson said to himself.
Then he snapped his fingers. He ran to the closet and
retrieved his story. It was just where he had left it, inside
his cap.
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Appendix A: Word Analysis SkillsFor fluency practice that targets foundational reading skills, please refer to the Word Analysis Skill column for patterns that are reinforced in each passage.
Unit Core5 Passage Title Word Analysis Skill
Core5 Level 13
01 Jaden and the Bird Nest Irregular Verbs
02 Mike's Big Move Simple Suffixes
03 A Guessing Game Multi-syllable Words
04 Making Craft Projects Multi-syllable Words
05 The Rules of Tennis Simple Suffixes
06 All About Glass Snakes Hard and Soft g
07 Your Teeth Irregular Plural Nouns
08 Marta and Sam Play in the Snow Sounds of -ed
09 Keesha Gets the Flu Irregular Verbs
10 First Snow Hard and Soft c
11 The Best Birthday Gift Sounds of -ed
12 New Year's Eve Sounds of -ed
13 Turtle's Travels Irregular Verbs
14 Mammals that Fly Hard and Soft c
15 A Budgie: The Perfect Pet Simple Suffixes
16 Lighthouse Facts Multi-syllable Words
17 Carmen Tries to Take a Nap Hard and Soft g
18 Wild Animal Advice Simple Suffixes
19 Yoko's Lost Phone Latin Prefixes
20 Cave Paintings Latin Prefixes
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Unit Core5 Passage Title Word Analysis Skill
Core5 Level 14
01 Learning to Swim Sounds of -ed
02 Facts About Shade Trees Latin Prefixes
03 Gestures Around the World Hard and Soft g
04 Building Sand Castles Hard and Soft c
05 Amber's Party Latin Prefixes
06 Fox Loses His Tail Irregular Verbs
07 Lightning Safety Multi-syllable Words
08 Building Bridges Simple Suffixes
09 The Planet Earth Simple Suffixes
10 The Nature Park Irregular Verbs
11 Hermit Crabs Hard and Soft c
12 Animal Helpers Sounds of -ed
13 Pablo's Problem Sounds of -ed
14 Ellen at the Park Irregular Verbs
15 Insect Cities Hard and Soft g
16 The School Fair Multi-syllable Words
17 The Housewarming Party Multi-syllable Words
18 The Sport of Log Rolling Irregular Plural Nouns
19 Lucky Ladybugs Latin Prefixes
20 Missing Homework Latin Prefixes
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Appendix B: National Oral Reading Fluency NormsIf these passages are used for timed readings, the following National Oral Reading Fluency Norms (Hasbrouck & Tindal, 2017) can be used as general guidelines for rate and accuracy performance. In general, students who score >10 wcpm below the average may benefit from additional support in developing reading fluency.
50th Percentiles Words Correct per Minute (wcpm)
Grade Fall Winter Spring
1 — 29 60
2 50 84 100
3 83 97 112
4 94 120 133
5 121 133 146
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