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the entire set for November and Native
American History Month!
Native American High Interest Low Level Reading
Comprehension +Fluency | GR.5-12

This Resource Includes:

Zahn McClarnon Actor: 410L-600L

Native American Language: 410L-600L
Native American Music & Dance: 410L-600L
Chuck Norris: 410L-600L
The Creek Tribe: 410L-600L
Micha Wesley Mvskoke – Creek: 410L-600L
Quannah Chasinghorse – Model Influencer 210—400L
James Jones – Influencer: 410L-600L
Michelle Chubb – Influencer: 410L-600L
Frank Waln – Rapper, Influencer: 410L-600L
Daunnette Reyome – Influencer: 410L-600L
Thomas Karmelo Amaya – Photographer, Influencer : 410L-600L
Calina Lawrence - Musician : 410L-600L
The Ute : 410L-600L
The Creation Story: A Ute Legend : 410L-600L
The Sauk : 410L-600L
A Fox and A Deer: Apache Legend 210L-400L : 410L-600L
Have You Heard of…Not So Famous Native Americans : 410L-600L
What You Didn’t Know – Native Americans: 410L-600L
Facts – Native Americans : 410L-600L

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 The Main Resource Instructions
These 20 High Interest, Low Level reading comprehension and fluency passages are for grades 5-12. They
are perfect for older struggling readers and are aligned with the middle school and high school CCSS for
English Language Arts. The activities are Native American themed. They work for Native American Heritage
Month or anytime.

This resource contains:

1. A printable PDF for packets or classroom work – with lines for students to complete their work
2. Google Slides
3. Easel Self-Correcting Version
These are 20 HIGH INTEREST-LOW LEVEL READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGES. There are also 20
corresponding fluency passages. The research-based strategy of having students read the same passages
multiple times to increase both fluency and comprehension – repeated reading – is the framework for these
activities.

These high interest low level reading comprehension and fluency passages for older students are perfect for
distance, digital, hybrid and classroom learning. The activities also work as bellringers, homework, RTI and
for centers. The passages are designed for students to read on their own and complete quick
comprehension assessments. The assessments contain four to five multiple-choice questions.

20 passages, with reading comprehension assessments and fluency practice, that are high interest but at
accessible reading levels. This resource is perfect for reluctant older readers who need reading practice but
are put off by text that looks “young” or “babyish.”

The reading techniques used in this resource are research-based and appeal to students in grades 5 through
12. Lexile levels are included.

*Repeated reading research: The idea of repeated reading emerged as a result of the writings of S. Jay
Samuels (1979) and Carol Chomsky (1978). They found, in separate studies, that engaging people in
repeatedly reading texts aloud improved reading ability. Scientific studies (e.g., LaBerge & Samuels)
revealed the importance of “automaticity” of reading. Readers must be able to decode without thinking
about decoding. We only have so much thinking space available. The more cognitive space devoted to
figuring out words, the less available to grasp the text's meaning. Samuel’s subsequent research in repeated
reading proved that RR could help readers to gain automaticity and help readers master the art of reading
words accurately and with sufficient speed.

Repeated Reading is a particular method proposed by S. Jay Samuels to develop decoding automaticity
with struggling readers. In this approach, students are asked to read aloud short text passages (50-250
words) until they reach a criterion level of success (particular speed and accuracy goals). It is important to
keep within this range so that when students reread, memory becomes a useful scaffold. The longer the text,
the harder to carry over what was figured out on the first reading. Other research emphasized the
importance of using texts that share a lot of vocabulary – these do. That way, when a student improves with
one text, it is certain to immediately carry over to the next. The research suggests that three readings should
be sufficient. Three readings and it is time to move on to another text. These fluency passages are meant to
be read twice. The corresponding comprehension pieces once. That said – there is space for three fluency
scores on the fluency pages as some teachers practice fluency separately.

•Samuels, S. Jay. “The Method of Repeated Readings.” The Reading Teacher, vol. 32, no. 4, Jan. 1979, pp. 403–408. International
Literacy Association.
•Shanahan, Timothy. “Everything You Wanted to Know About Repeated Reading.” Reading Rockets, WETA Public Broadcasting, 4
Aug. 2017.

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Naiomi Glasses ARTIST, SKATEBOARDER: 410L-600L 1. d; 2. c; 3. b; 4. c.
JoJo Jackson - Navajo Influencer: 210L-400 1. b; 2. b; 3. c; 4. a.

Approaching Meets Grade Exceeds Grade

Grade Far Below
Grade Level Level Level
1125L and
7 625L and Below 630L-965L 970L-1120L
Above

Lexile Grade Level Reading Chart

Approaching Meets Grade

Grade Far Below Exceeds Grade Level
Grade Level Level

1 111 L and Below 110L – 185L 190L-530L 535L and Above

2 150L and Below 115L-415L 420L-650L 655L and Above

3 265L and Below 270L-515L 520L-820L 825L and Above

4 385L and Below 390L-735L 740L-940L 945L and Above

5 500L and Below 505L-825L 830L-1010L 1015L and Above

6 555L and Below 560L-920L 925-1070L 1075L and Above

7 625L and Below 630L-965L 970L-1120L 1125L and Above

8 660L and Below 665L – 1005L 1010L – 1185L 1190L and Above

9 775L and Below 780L-1045L 1050L-1260L 1265L and Above

10 830L and Below 835L-1075L 1080L – 1335L 1340 and Above

11 and 12 950 L and Below 995L-1180L 1185-1385L 1390L and Above

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 Name: ________________________________
Naiomi Glasses
ARTIST, SKATEBOARDER
Naiomi Glasses is lives on the Navajo Nation.
She is seventh-generation Dine. Naiomi is an
artist. She is a weaver. She makes fabric. She is a
sick skateboarder. And she is also an influencer.
CC BY 3.0
Naiomi has over 102K Instagram followers.
She has 41 thousand TikTok followers. Her
followers range from eight to 88-years-old.
Naiomi was bullied as a child. Her brother
taught her to skateboard. She even got a 1. What is not part of Naiomi’s life?
skateboard park built! She used her TikToK to a. skateboarding
make it happen. b. the Navajo Nation
It happened in October 2020. She made a c. TikTok
slo-mo TikTok. It went viral. It had over 1.8 d. Facebook

million hits. She’d just finished a photoshoot. She

2. Naiomi started weaving at ___ -years-
was dressed in her Dine clothes. She was at old.
home. Home is the Navajo Nation. She decided a. 24
to skate down the sandstone. b. 20
The world watched. The world got a look at c. 18
the Navajo Nation. The world got a look at d. 16
Naiomi Glasses.
She’s been weaving since 18. Her 3. Skateboarding is the ___, and weaving
is the ___.
grandmother taught her the art. She did it as a
a. new, old
hobby. People loved her work. They wanted to
b. old, new
buy it. Now she has a blanket collection. She also c. new, Dine
has a line of rugs. d. last, first
Her rugs? They are pretty. And you can
skateboard on them. 4. Naiomi used her ___ to help get a
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Naiomi loves that she is a mix of old and skateboarding park built.
a. Instagram
new. Weaving is as old as her people.
b. Facebook
Skateboarding is new. And she is loved. She is
c. TikTok
loved by young and old alike
d. Pinterest

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Naiomi Glasses
ARTIST, SKATEBOARDER

Naiomi Glasses is lives on the Navajo Nation. She is seventh- 11

generation Dine. Naiomi is an artist. She is a weaver. She makes 23
fabric. She is a sick skateboarder. And she is also an influencer. 35
Naiomi has over 102K Instagram followers. She has 41 thousand 45
TikTok followers. Her followers range from eight to 88-years-old. 56
Naiomi was bullied as a child. Her brother taught her to 67
skateboard. She even got a skateboard park built! She used her 78
TikToK to make it happen. 83
It happened in October 2020. She made a slo-mo TikTok. It went 95
viral. It had over 1.8 million hits. She’d just finished a photoshoot. She 108
was dressed in her Dine clothes. She was at home. Home is the Navajo 122
Nation. She decided to skate down the sandstone. 130
The world watched. The world got a look at the Navajo Nation. The 143
world got a look at Naiomi Glasses. 150
She’s been weaving since 18. Her grandmother taught her the art. 161
She did it as a hobby. People loved her work. They wanted to buy it. 176
Now she has a blanket collection. She also has a line of rugs. 189
Her rugs? They are pretty. And you can skateboard on them. 200
Naiomi loves that she is a mix of old and new. Weaving is as old as 216
her people. Skateboarding is new. And she is loved. She is loved by 229
young and old alike 233

Words Read: ___________ Words Read: ___________ Words Read: ___________

minus mistakes: ______________ minus mistakes: ______________ minus mistakes: ______________
equals wpms: ______________ equals wpms: ______________ equals wpms: ______________
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 Name: ________________________________

JoJo Jackson
Navajo Influencer

Social justice. Culture. History.

CC BY 3.0
JoJo Jackson is a teen influencer. He uses
the hashtags #natives. #learn. He uses these
hashtags to tell people about the Navajo. He is
the king of going viral.
“The Navajo have problems. Like 1. JoJo is the king of ___.
a. TikTok
everyone,” JoJo said. “Only we have more
b. going viral
where I live. They are the same problems.
c. the Navajo Nation
There are just more here.” JoJo wants to help d. Twitter
change that.
JoJo has almost 300 thousand TikTok 2. JoJo reports on ___ topics.
followers. He is also popular on YouTube. He a. political
b. Navajo
has a series. It’s called “Weekend Besties.”
c. teen
“Weekend Besties” is about teen life. They
d. bestie
drive around. They play games. They play
cards. They make pizza. They laugh. They 3. “___ Besties” is about teen life.
prank. a. Viral
JoJo is into politics. JoJo reports politics b. Teen
c. Weekend
on TikTok. He reports politics on Twitter. He
d. JoJo’s
reports politics on Navajo topics.
JoJo is proud to be Navajo. He wants to tell 4. What hashtags are listed in the reading?
all about life as a Navajo teen. JoJo is a. #natives
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someone to watch. You can learn a lot about b. #Navajo

going viral. You can learn a lot about going c. #life
d. #bestiesofmine
viral from JoJo. You can also learn about the
Navajo Nation.

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JoJo Jackson
Navajo Influencer

Social justice. Culture. History. 04

JoJo Jackson is a teen influencer. He uses the hashtags #natives. 11
#learn. He uses these hashtags to tell people about the Navajo. He is 23
the king of going viral. 28
“The Navajo have problems. Like everyone,” JoJo said. “Only we 38
have more where I live. They are the same problems. There are just 51
more here.” JoJo wants to help change that. 59
JoJo has almost 300 thousand TikTok followers. He is also popular 70
on YouTube. He has a series. It’s called “Weekend Besties.” 80
“Weekend Besties” is about teen life. They drive around. They play 91
games. They play cards. They make pizza. They laugh. They prank. 102
JoJo is into politics. JoJo reports politics on TikTok. He reports 113
politics on Twitter. He reports politics on Navajo topics. 122
JoJo is proud to be Navajo. He wants to tell all about life as a 137
Navajo teen. JoJo is someone to watch. You can learn a lot about 150
going viral. You can learn a lot about going viral from JoJo. You can 164
also learn about the Navajo Nation. 170

Words Read: ___________ Words Read: ___________ Words Read: ___________

minus mistakes: ______________ minus mistakes: ______________ minus mistakes: ______________
equals wpms: ______________ equals wpms: ______________ equals wpms: ______________
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