Fluency

Practice Activities (with Printables)

Chunky Passages: Practice reading text in meaningful chunks, then reread it fluently without separation.  Chunky Passages

Fast Phrases: Stack cards with printed phrases face down.  With a phrases correct per minute sheet, record how many phrases are read correctly with a goal to increase speed and accuracy.  Fast Phrases

Reading for Understanding: Use the information on the provided bookmark to learn about strategies to increase fluency during read aloud, including alternated reading and reading together.  Watch Reading for Understanding.  Reading for Understanding

Reader's Theater: Assign parts of reader theater's scripts to family members and friends or have the child read each character's lines with expression.  Reader's Theater

Online Activities

Echo Reading: This resource provides books to practice echo reading with your child to build fluency.  Each book has a speaker symbol at the bottom of the page.  Push the speaker for the child to hear the page read aloud.  Then, have the child echo the reading to practice reading with expression as if they were talking to someone.

Say What: This game provides a space for children to create their own silly stories, blindly choosing from nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Read the story created and reread to increase fluency.