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3rd Grade Reading Fluency Passages

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    Updated:  02 May 2024

Assess student fluency with a printable pack of reading fluency passages for 3rd grade.

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    Pages:  10 Pages

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  • Grade

    Grade:  3

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teaching resource

3rd Grade Reading Fluency Passages

  • Updated

    Updated:  02 May 2024

Assess student fluency with a printable pack of reading fluency passages for 3rd grade.

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  10 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Grade

    Grade:  3

Assess student fluency with a printable pack of reading fluency passages for 3rd grade.

Looking for 3rd Grade Reading Fluency Passages?

You’re in the right place! The expert Teach Starter team has created a handy downloadable pack of printable reading fluency passages specifically for your third graders!

This printable resource will enable you to gather the data you need to determine your student’s reading fluency and help you identify areas where students need additional instruction or practice. This pack includes a combination of fiction and non-fiction passages, along with numbered and non-numbered passages for the convenience of both teachers and students.

Conducting an Oral Reading Fluency Assessment

  1. Choose a one-minute fluency reading passage at the student’s independent reading level. Independent reading is usually classified as 95%-100% accuracy.
  2. Provide the student with a copy of the reading passage. Ask the student to read the text aloud until they are asked to stop after one minute.
  3. Use the teacher’s copy of the reading passage to record any mistakes the student makes during reading. Words that are self-corrected within three seconds should not be marked as errors.
  4. Calculate the student’s average reading rate by subtracting any errors from the number of correct words read in one minute.
  5. If the selected text is too easy or challenging for the student, repeat the assessment with a more appropriate passage.

Download Your 3rd Grade Reading Fluency Passages

This resource downloads as a quick print PDF resource file. To get your file, simply click the download button, print, and go!


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