Fluency practice

Increasing reading fluency in our students is one of the main goals of any elementary school teacher. If they are not fluent readers, they are unable to gain meaning (comprehend) from what they are reading. There are a few components to being a fluent reader...

15 fun and easy fluency practice activities to get your K-1 students reading at a just-right pace, with accuracy and expression!

In kindergarten and first grade, we have poetry folders for fluency practice. So what does fluency practice look like in 2nd grade? Take a peek at how to use fluency passages for less that 5-10 minutes each day to build fluency in your second graders!

Phonics Sounds Binders are one of my favorite secret tools for teaching reading! Keep reading to peek inside one of them :) They a...

Grab these FREE fluency passages for your kindergarten and first grade students. They are printable and low-prep! Students will love practicing decoding, comprehension, and fluency skills with these fun and engaging passages. Get 10 activities in this free download! Grab them now

I love the practical tips in this series for helping struggling readers - great strategies for working on comprehension and more! Helpful for kids in first grade, second, third, fourth, and higher. #strugglingreaders #teachingreading #comprehension #firstgrade #secondgrade #thirdgrade #fourthgrade

How are you teaching your students to be fluent readers in upper elementary? This skill is a vitally important precursor for efficiency and comprehension and can give a great leg-up in state testing! Check out my FREE reading fluency lesson series to get your #upperelementary students on their way to becoming fluent readers in no time.

There are so many parts to reading instruction. It can be tricky to keep them all straight if you aren’t well-practiced. Luckily I can break this one down for

Fluency tends to be a commonly overlooked skill, but you can change that by learning about strategies for teaching fluency with your elementary students!

Description Kindergarten fluency probes focusing on phonics skills. Focus on: •letter names fluency •letter sounds fluency •nonsense CVC word fluency and and •real CVC word fluency. Real words and nonsense words probes also include 1 probe for each vowel in isolation in addition to the 13 probes where all vowels are combined. •Great for timed test fluency practice. Also includes a simple graph to track students progress throughout the year which is great for keeping data and goal setting…