Fluency practice

Fluency practice is so important for my students. Over the years, I have developed strategies and activities to increase their reading fluency. They really enjoy the activities for #9! Don't forget to grab the FREEBIES!!

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!

The best way for disfluent readers to become fluent is by reading! These students need to focus on ACCURATE text reading, use decodable text, repeated readings, systemic daily practice of reading words accurately, modeling of fluent reading and encouraging students to read like they are talking. Students need LOTS of opportunities to read text (at their level) using choral, cloze, echo and partner reading. These are great fluency strategies are for interventions. #fluency #fluencystrategies

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

Reading Fluency is so important for elementary students, but how do you teach it? Struggling readers need practice and teacher modeling for success! Reading fluency practice is great in sentences and passages. Read this blog post to find out how I teach and assess my students' fluency goals in reading!

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.

Like most teachers, you want your students to be successful readers. But what do you do if they struggle with reading fluency? Reading fluency is the ability to read a text accurately, quickly, & with proper expression. In this post, I share some tips & reading fluency activities you can use to help students become more fluent readers. If you have students struggling with reading fluency, try out some targeted interventions to help them improve. Learn more reading fluency strategies here

Today's topic is oral reading fluency, which is one of the very first "reading skills" I teach at the beginning of the year!

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