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Racing Readers
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of...
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Daytona 500
Student practice reading with fluency. They read In The Big Top and practice reading to improve their speed and fluency. Young scholars discuss what it sounded like when they read the story at various speeds. Students time their reading...
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Vroom, Vroom, Vroom! Off We Go!
Students practice sentences and short books to improve their fluency. They read practice sentences to model fluent reading. They review decoding strategies for unknown words including cross-checking. They read with their partner and...
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Oh Look, You're Fluent!
Pupils practice decoding unknown words and improving their fluency. They review using cover-up sticks to decode unknown words while reading. They practice sentences and a short story to increase their fluency. They work in pairs...
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Poof!!! Let's Become Fluent Readers
Students listen as the teacher explains fluency and why it's important. They listen as the teacher demonstrates reading fluently and nonfluently. Students listen as the teacher introduces "Doc in the Fog." They practice reading the...
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The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Class
Young scholars read the reader's theater play, 'The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash.' They practice reading for fluency and present the story through acting and oral reading. Some students read the script and others act it out. They...
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Eloquent Experts
Students practice reading with fluency and expression in this lesson. Students work with a partner with a set of sentence strips. They take turns pulling sentence strips out of the envelope and reading them aloud to each other using...
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Lights-Camera-Action
First graders increase their reading fluency through rereading selected text. After reading a grade level appropriate text multiple times, they complete a fluency and reading expression drill with the instructor. Students complete a...
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Race to the Finish Line
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing the importance of fluent reading, 3rd graders complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed...
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Speed Reader
First graders work with a piece of text to become more fluent in reading. This lesson helps children practice how to read faster. They work on reading fluency through repeated readings under pressure. In turn, more words read per...
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Speedy Readers
Students read orally to increase their reading speed and fluency in this lesson. They listen to the teacher model expressive and fluent reading. They then practice reading orally with a partner. The partner times their reading with...
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Speedy Monkeys
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing crosschecking, decoding, and rereading, young scholars complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a...
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Flying with Adam Raccoon
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing rereading and decoding strategies , students complete multiple reads of a novel text. With the instructor, they read complete a timed...
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How Fast Can You Go?
Students practice their reading fluency in order to increase their reading comprehension. In small groups, they read and reread a sentence using speed and fluency after doing a choppy reading. Next, they listen to a tape and read a book,...
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Speedy Gonzoloz!
Students explore how to read in a smooth, fast manner with expression. They practice reading a selected text within their reading groups. Students work on fluency while reading. They create a recording of the book and then listen to the...
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And the Race is On..
Students reread texts with one minute reads to increase their reading pace and fluency. They work with a partner and time each other's oral reading. They reread the book "Lee and the Team" and fill out their partner's Speed Record Sheet.
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Simon Says: Mother May I?
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After discussing the importance of fluency, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with the instructor, they read complete a timed...
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Express Yourself
Students practice reading orally with expression. Students are divided into pairs and receive the book "The Big Wide Mouthed Frog." The partners take turns reading the book with a lot of expression. The students rate each others'...
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Watch Out for the Wasp!
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking 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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Books Have Feelings Too
Second gradersincrease their reading fluency and expressiveness through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding and rereading, 2nd graders complete an initial read of a novel text without expression. Each student reads a...
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Zoom Zoom Zoom
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of...
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The Fog is Magic
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies, 3rd graders complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of...
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Books Have Feelings Too
Second graders practice reading with expression. After discussing how reading with feeling and expression can enhance the text, 2nd graders listen as their partner reads a story with expression. Individual students use a checklist to...
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Get Lucky!
Students practice improving their reading fluency and pace. They review the u=/u/ correspondence. Students read "Just My Luck" and discuss what the book is about. They practice reading the story with expression and improved pace with...