Fluency is such an important aspect of reading, but it’s often something that we only think of working on with our highest readers. I am constantly trying to think of ways to work on fluency even with my beginning readers.
These Sight Word Sentence Trees will be a perfect way for my students to work on sight words AND fluency.
The cards come in both a color version and a black and white version. I printed the black and white version onto colored paper to make them more eye catching for my students.
These cards will be laminated and placed on a metal ring. Early finishers will be able to grab these to practice. I can also throw these into a center for independent practice. These Sight Word Sentence Trees will also be perfect if I have a parent volunteer that can work with students.
I love that once I prep a couple sets of these for my class, they can provide practice for my students for the rest of the year.
You can check these out by clicking on the picture below.
(original) Genny says
July 26, 2015 at 11:46 amFluency is something I expect from my lowest readers from day one. I am a reading recovery teacher working with the bottom 20 percent of readers in a classroom. I was really shocked by your opening statement.
Jodi says
July 26, 2015 at 2:53 pmI completely agree with you that fluency is an important aspect of reading right from the beginning. What I meant from my statement was that often times the focus is only on phonemic awareness and phonics instruction at first, but we ABSOLUTELY can work on fluency skills with students right from the beginning. I'm sorry if it did not come across that way.
Unknown says
June 19, 2016 at 10:36 pmThanks Jodi,
I know exactly what you mean as a classroom teacher with fluency. Genny is out of touch.
Unknown says
June 19, 2016 at 10:37 pmThanks Jodi,
I know exactly what you mean as a classroom teacher with fluency. Genny is out of touch.
Denise says
September 2, 2016 at 4:00 pmHi Jodi,
I want to utilize your materials and print them to help my daughter in her reading. She is in first grade now.
How can I print the sight word cards etc.
Thanks so much,
Denise
Jodi says
September 4, 2016 at 5:31 pmThe link to purchase the sight word sentence tree cards on in this post. They are available in my Teachers Pay Teachers store.
Anselma says
August 1, 2017 at 10:33 amHey Jodi, I think these are amazing. I used them with my remedial class last school year and the kids always wanted to read them,In addition we tried changing some of the phrases to make their own which they were quite proud of. They did in fact become better fluent readers…You’re amazing..Thank a mllion. Will defintiely uses them again this year.