Reading fluency activities upper elementary

Students in 4th and 5th grade still need decoding strategies and instruction. This post shares my go-to decoding strategies with activities.

Grab a copy of our FREE Upper Grade Phonics Assessment {for grades 3-5} with 15 different phonics skills you can use to assess your learners.

Do you have struggling readers you just can't reach? This mega list of reading intervention activities will help you teach all students how to read!

Close reading is a strategy where students read a passage multiple times in order to gain a deeper understanding of the text. When I first attacked close reading with my students, there was a lot of complaining. Here are 6 ways to make close reading meaningful and engaging.

This post breaks down how I teach reading in 5th grade and how my reading block is structured, including the materials needed.

Reading fluency is the bridge to comprehension. Here are important do's and don'ts for teaching reading fluency!

Having students reread texts is one of the best ways to build fluency in upper elementary (2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade students). This can get boring after a while, however. Assigning students different silly voices to use while reading can make this activity more engaging. Check out a list of different silly voices your students can use, as well as tips to make this work in your ELA classroom for second, third, fourth, and fifth grade students.

Peas in a Pod Lessons - Building Reading Fluency in 4th - 6th Grade

what are effective reading comprehension strategies to help readers and struggling readers in your upper elementary classroom? this reading strategies list will help guide your reading instruction

Invite students to color-code important keywords and phrases. If the class is reading about recycling, ask them to use green or blue highlighters to find key vocabulary or commonly repeated phrases that will stick in their brain. If the students are reading about Ancient Greece, offer different colors for different nouns—one color for important people, one color for important places, another color for key things.