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Climbing the Mountain of Fluency!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students work to improve their reading fluency. They read and reread sentence strips to improve their speed and accuracy. They complete timed readings with a partner--one student reads and the other times him using a stopwatch. They...
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Read Like Sonic the Hedgehog

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate the benefits of rereading books to increase reading fluency and comprehension in this activity. They practice saying site words orally as quickly as they can. They then work with a partner reading a story multiple...
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Role Playing for Fluency

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore the benefits of rereading a story to increase their oral reading speed, fluency, and comprehension. They work with a partner reading the story "What Will the Seal Eat?" They time and encourage each other in each...
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"Flying to Fluency"

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students become fluent readers by decoding words and practicing mastery of phoneme correspondences. They also practice repeated readings of texts along with timed readings of the book, "Pat's Jam." Each student interacts with a bulletin...
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5-4-3-2-1 Blast Off To Reading

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars practice reading with fluency by rereading texts to increase their speed. They listen to the teacher model fluent, smooth, and expressive oral reading. They then work in a small group reading orally and self-assessing...
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Get on the Fluency Boat

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking, decoding, and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed...
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Ready, Set, Read

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies , pupils complete an initial read of a novel text. With the instructor, they read complete a timed assessment of their...
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Off To the Reading Races

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies , students complete an initial read of a novel text. With a partner, they read complete an assessment of their...
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Running Towards Fluency

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice rereading selected passages to improve their reading fluency. Working in pairs, students read and reread decodable, leveled passages. They are timed during each reading and graph and compare their results.
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Hit a Homerun with Reading Speed

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners review basic reading decoding/comprehension. They read passages and see how fast they can read the pages. In a baseball-like game, they try to read faster and faster. If they improve their fluency rate, they increase their...
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Fast? Fluency!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students attempt to increase their reading fluency through multiple reads of selected text. After reading, they complete a one-minute fluency drill with the instructor. Students complete questions on what they read with the instructor...
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Remembering What We Read

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students discover strategies to help them better understand the stories they read. As a familiar story is read to the class, individuals practice answering basic questions about the main characters, settings, problems, etc. while...
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I Read On My Own!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine how to choose books to read on their own and how to participate in reading discussions. They practice the two finger rule for choosing an independent reading book and how to look at the book's topic for personal...
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Lightning Speed Reading

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Pupils focus on improving their reading fluency. They discuss what it means to be a fluent reader and practice repeated readings with a short story. They work in partners and take turns timing one another for one minute reads.
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Finish Line Fluency

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students practice repeated readings to improve their fluency. They read sentences to practice fluency and expression. They work in pairs using racetrack and racecar graphics to motivate their fluency improvement. They time one...
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READY, SET, READ!!!

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explain what it means to be a fluent reader and why it is an important part of learning to read. They become aware that fluency is a reader's ability to read words quickly, smoothly, and with emotions. Students pass out books...
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Reading Logs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create reading logs. In this reading logs lesson, students create a monthly reading log with a theme. The reading log has a goal record sheet, minutes read sheet, and award list.
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Reading Response Log

For Students 2nd - 6th
For this reading response log worksheet, students choose a reading strategy to respond to what they have read. Students select 2 of the 6 sentence starters to help them begin.
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Ready and Action! Reading Time!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners work to improve their reading fluency and oral expression while reading aloud. With a partner, they read sentence strips and reread them to make the sentence more fluent and meaningful. They 'perform' their sentences for the...
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Around the Bases with Reading

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of...
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Read With Feeling

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this reading learning exercise, student read 6 sentences aloud, trying to read with expression and feeling. Worksheet is a "School-Home Link" and is meant to be signed by both parent and child when completed.
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Read and Review

For Teachers K - 4th
Students create presentations to discuss a book they've read using a video format. In this reading and speech instructional activity, students video tape a presentation about a book they've written a summary for. Students then produce an...
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Reading Log

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Cam Jansen worksheet, students fill out a reading log for each time they read a Cam Jansen book. Students fill out their name, title, author, page started, and page ended.
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Reading Response Log

For Students 3rd
In this reading response log activity, 3rd graders summarize what they have read. Using the prompts, students complete 6 short answer questions about their story.

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