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From “Life in Space,” Scholastic News Reading Passage 1

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Oral Fluency Norms Teacher Management Resource 3
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 R E A D I N G PA S S A G E

From Life in Space

by Laura Linn
After months of living together in cramped quarters, the new room was a
welcome addition for the three explorers. 19

But this wasn’t just any room in any home. “Home” is the International
Space Station (ISS), in which three astronauts are orbiting Earth more
than 250 miles above the planet. The “room” is the Destiny, a science
laboratory that was delivered to the outpost last month by the space
shuttle Atlantis. 70

“The Destiny looks awesome,” officials at Mission Control in Cape

Canaveral, Florida, told the space crew after the delivery. “We hope you
guys enjoy your new room on your house.” 100

The International Space Station is helping to pave the way for living in
space. 114

The ISS is a home and work center for astronauts who are sent to live
and do science experiments in space. 135

The space station is still a work in progress. New portions will be added
every few months or so over the next five years. The United States,
Russia, Japan, and 13 other nations are building the ISS, which will
stretch, when it’s completed, as tall as a 20-story building with a wingspan
wider than a football field. 193

From “Life in Space” by Laura Linn from Scholastic News (March 19, 2001). Copyright © 2001 by Scholastic Inc. Reproduced by permission of Scholastic Inc.

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Oral Fluency Assessment Roster

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Oral Reading Fluency Norms, Grades 2–5

Grade 2 WCPM
Percentile Fall Winter Spring
75% 82 106 124
50% 53 78 94
25% 23 46 65

Grade 3 WCPM

Percentile Fall Winter Spring

75% 107 123 142
50% 79 93 114
25% 65 70 87

Grade 4 WCPM

Percentile Fall Winter Spring

75% 125 133 143
50% 99 112 118
25% 72 89 92

Grade 5 WCPM

Percentile Fall Winter Spring

75% 126 143 151
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50% 105 118 128

25% 77 93 100
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*WCPM=words correct per minute

SOURCE: “Curriculum-Based Norms in Oral Reading for Grades 2–5 (Medians),” from “Curriculum-Based Oral Reading Fluency Norms for Students
in Grades 2 Through 5,” by Jan E. Hasbrouck and Gerald Tindal in Teaching Exceptional Children, Vol. 24, Spring 1992, p. 42. Copyright © 1992
by The Council for Exceptional Children. Reprinted by permission of The Council for Exceptional Children.

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