Phonics Activity Book
Teachers know that phonics instruction is essential for teaching students how to read. Therefore, they spend hours developing creative lessons and activities to make phonics lessons…
Fluency
Phonemic Awareness
Phonemic awareness sets the foundation for being a strong reader and writer. Honestly, this involves much more than just learning the letters and the sounds they…
Sound Fluency Cards
Learning how to read is such a complex task. Students must know their letters and the sounds they make. Additionally, they have to be able to…
Improve Reading Fluency with Text Phrasing
Prosody is one of the three main components in reading fluency. It relates to the expression used while reading. Beginning readers typically read word by word…
Reading Warm Ups
Time spent in small reading groups is so important, and we have to make the most of our time while I have them at my reading…
Reading on the Move
We all know the importance of getting students up and moving around. Six and seven year olds do not want to sit all day. The more…
Phonics Based Fluency Passages
I love working on fluency in my classroom. I am always looking for new ways to practice fluency and integrate it with every part of our…
Sight Word Sentence Trees
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…
Ways to Make Fluency Fun
I’ve really been brainstorming ways to make working on fluency more fun lately. Just having students reread a passage over and over again is sooooo boring…
5 Step Fluency
I am always looking for ways to make fluency a little more fun for my students. It is such an important skill for readers to develop…
Fluency Fun for Everyone
One of the best things about teaching 1st grade is experiencing those little 6 and 7 year olds becoming fluent readers. It is just amazing how…
It’s October!
It’s officially my favorite month! I love October…the weather, pumpkins, the changing leaves, Halloween decorations, and the fact that my first graders always seem to get…
