Building reading fluency

Here in third grade, we practice fluency daily with: -Word Lists -Phrase Lists -Passages/Running Records My Mental Journey I have had a love-hate relationship with fluency. As a third grade teacher, my students are subject to end of year, high-stakes testing for the first time. Fluency is not tested on these exams, students have

Does your reader sometimes sound like he’s just saying a string of words? Is it sometimes choppy? This can happen to all kinds of young readers, especially struggling readers. Instead of focusing on reading fluency and phrasing, struggling readers are often just trying to make sure they can say all the words correctly. Last week, The Measured ... Read More about Reading Fluency and Phrasing {Using Scooping Phrases}

We all know that students need multiple opportunities to decode phonics patterns in order to build fluency. This roll and read fluency activity is a fun and engaging way to help students receive additional practice with various phonics patterns. Check out the post to see how I use roll and read fluency in my classroom.

10 Activities to Increase Reading Fluency for your first grade students. Ideas for small groups instruction and stations.

Tips for Building Reading Fluency in Young Readers Graphics by Creative Clips by Krista Wallden , Whimsy Clips , and KG Fonts Sinc...

10 resources and strategies to improve upper elementary reading fluency as students advance from learning to read to reading to learn.

Activities that boost fluency all year long…and that you only have to prep once!

Utilize Phonics Crafts in the classroom as a gateway to enhance reading fluency, practice decoding, improve word recognition, and foster sentence building in a hands-on manner.

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

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.