Original PromptRead the passage silently one time.
Highlight any words that seem difficult.
Listen as the teacher models fluent reading.
Read the passage aloud three times.
Record your best words-per-minute score.
Graph your score on your fluency tracker.
This resource focuses on enhancing students' reading fluency through an engaging informational passage about the life cycle of stars. Students will begin by silently reading the text and marking challenging words. Following this, the teacher will model fluent reading, emphasizing prosody and pacing. Students will then participate in timed trials to read the passage aloud, assessing their accuracy, reading rate, and expression. The passage details the various stages of star development, from the formation of protostars in nebulae to the explosive deaths of massive stars as supernovae and their subsequent transformations into neutron stars or black holes. The resource also includes a fluency progress table and visual growth trackers to monitor improvement over multiple readings, alongside metacognitive reflections and a challenge task encouraging creativity in illustrating a stage of the stellar life cycle.