Timed, repeated readings with feedback are one of the best ways to improve students’ reading fluency. Repeated reading is just what it sounds like–the student is rereading the same passage multiple times. The number of times depends on the situation, but 3-4 times is a good average. The student is timed reading aloud for 1…
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Beginning Fluency: Leveled Passages
When it comes to fluency practice, students need something to read. But what? Really, any text that students can read independently works for practice: rereading familiar books Reader’s Theater scripts student newspapers (Scholastic News, Weekly Reader, etc.) joke books short poems But if you’re looking for more targeted practice, leveled passages are an excellent resource….
Beginning Fluency: Segmenting & Blending (SBF)
I remember when they handed me my list of kids who hadn’t passed their DIBELS Nonsense Word Fluency. It seemed like it must be a cruel joke! Nonsense words? Really????? Over time I’ve come to love and hate Nonsense Word Fluency. I love it because that first year with DIBELS at my school I had…
Beginning Fluency: Letter Sound Fluency (LSF)
Once students know letter names, they’re poised to master letter sounds. Yay! We have a set of homework pages to help your little learners take this next step. Like our Letter Name Fluency (LNF), the first place to start with Letter Sound Fluency (LSF) is assessment. For this test, the students point to a letter…
Beginning Fluency: Letter Name Fluency (LNF)
When we were looking at extending the levels of fluency practice that we offer, we played around with a few things and finally realized that to make this meaningful we needed to start at the beginning. So, here is a look at the very beginning. (The framework of our fluency was designed to correlate with…
