Reading Resources

This page will provide reading resources for you to use at home. Sometimes the information will be posted here or there will be a link to a document. The document links will direct you to Google Docs. You may download and print these files at your convenience. If you need clarification about how to use these resources at home, please contact Ms. Price at her email: rprice@mesquiteisd.org



Fluency Practice Passages

Click on the links below and they will open in Google Docs. 

These passages should be used to practice reading fluently. Fluent reading sounds the same as when we talk, not choppy - like a robot. The questions at the bottom of the passage are meant for discussion only.

The following links can be used for practice at home.  Time your child for one minute. Count the number of words read. Determine how many words your child is able to read in one minute by subtracting any words that are read incorrectly or omitted.  This will give you the fluency rate (words per minute) of your child.

3rd Grade Fluency Passages

Grade 3.1 Bumpy Travels

Grade 3.2 Saving Up

Grade 3.3 A Good Friend

Grade 3.4 Polar Regions

Grade 3.5 Sun Facts

Grade 3.6 The Wink

Grade 3.7 Babe Ruth

Grade 3.8 Fruit Fun

Grade 3.9 The Largest Plants

Grade 3.10 Wolf Watchers

Grade 3.11 Farmer Paul's New Scarecrow

Grade 3.12 Plants in Danger

4th Grade Fluency Passages

Grade 4.1 Summer Camping

Grade 4.1B The Saturday Morning Project

Grade 4.2 A Special Honor

Grade 4.2B An Old Way of Life

Grade 4.3 Let's Go Skating

Grade 4.3B New Products for People

Grade 4.4 Making Perfume

Grade 4.4B Plant Art

Grade 4.5 Water Slides

Grade 4.6 Adventure on the River

Grade 4.6B The Biggest Land Animal

5th Grade Fluency Passages

Grade 5.1 A New Game

Grade 5.2 Inspiration

Grade 5.2B The Big Wave

Grade 5.3 Without a Trace

Grade 5.4 Hometown Hero

Grade 5.4B Perfect Preservation

Grade 5.5 Natural Protection

Grade 5.6 Crossing the Seas

Grade 5.6B The Big Game

6th Grade Fluency Passages

Grade 6.1 Break the Cycle

Grade 6.2 The Eyes of a El Greco

Grade 6.3 Harriet Beecher Stowe

Grade 6.4 Pompeii

Grade 6.4B The Good Old Days

Grade 6.5 New Pearls

Grade 6.6 Centuries of Whaling

Grade 6.6B The Frozen North

Source: Fluency Passages from MacMillan/McGraw-Hill

Fry's Phrases / Sight Words / Phonics Videos 
(click on the PLAYLIST to see all the videos)

Source: You Tube; Christi Gerloff; justfrequencywords; scootersbookstore; Kim Beasley; HookedOnPhonics

Books Read Aloud
(click on the PLAYLIST to see all the videos)

StoryLine Online
(click on the PLAYLIST to see all the videos)

Source: Storyline Online



Fluency Practice Passages 2nd Grade

Click on the links below and they will open in Google Docs. 
These passages should be used to practice reading fluently.
Fluent reading sounds the same as when we talk, not choppy - like a robot.
The questions at the bottom of the passage are meant for discussion only.

2.1 How to Play Running Bases

2.2 Soccer Camp

2.3 A Walk on the Ceiling

2.4 The Art Museum

2.5 A Job for Karla

2.6 The Tiger Story

2.7 Common Cents

2.8 The Marching Band

2.9 A Beautiful State

2.10 Lily's First Movie

2.11 Sand Castle Friends

2.12 The Foolish Fox