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Fluency: Phrases, Fleeting Phrases ActivityFluency: Phrases, Fleeting Phrases Activity
Publisher
Florida Center for Reading Research
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Grade
4th - 5th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
15 mins
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2007
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Fluency: Phrases, Fleeting Phrases

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An activity boosts readers' fluency in reading common phrases and idioms. Peers time one another and track their progress using phrase cards and record sheets.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

reading fluency, phrases, reading, accuracy, idioms

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Make the fluency practice part of regular reading instruction
  • Combine the idioms practice with an idiom lesson or learning activity
  • Give parents and guardians copies of the cards, and encourage them to practice the phrases and idioms with their scholars at home 

Classroom Considerations

  • The following activities make up part three of the five-part unit 
  • The quick activity is done daily over five days

Pros

  • Worksheets are well-formatted
  • Activity steps are written clearly and in detail 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RF.4.4.a RF.5.4.a

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