If you’ve been here for a while, you know my main focus has been fluency for many years, which is why I am excited to share these reading fluency activities with you! Fluency is something that can be focused on in all grades of elementary school. While a kindergartner is going to focus on fluency in a different way than a third grader, improvements can be made early on that will lead to lasting success as fluent readers. These reading fluency activities can easily be adapted to match up to the needs of your students. Just know that focusing on fluency as a priority in your classroom will be so beneficial for your students!
Reading Fluency Problems
As a teacher, you are most likely aware of what a fluent reader sounds like- and just as aware of when students do not read fluently. There are a variety of reading fluency problems that students face, all across elementary school. From accuracy, to lack of expression, to pace, to no comprehension- they’re all very common fluency problems. The good news is that these problems can be addressed and improved, when you make focusing on fluency a priority. You just have to implement the most effective reading fluency activities to build fluency skills, for all your students.
Does this sound like you?
- Feeling overwhelmed with how many students need to improve their fluent reading skills in your class, but don’t feel prepared to help them.
- You’ve noticed many of your students aren’t reading fluently, but are facing different issues when it comes to fluency. Some are going too fast, some too slow, others sound like robots with zero expression or intonation, and then there is another group of students who totally lack comprehension.
- You recognize that you want to begin focusing on fluency in your classroom, but are unsure of where to begin.
My Fluency Teacher Guide will help you feel more confident in your understanding of fluency and will help your readers improve their fluent reading skills because you’ll know what to do in the classroom. The guide includes these topics:
- The Progression of Fluency
- How to Incorporate Fluency in the Classroom
- Your 10 Minute Daily Fluency Solution
- How to Fix Tricky Fluency Problems
The reference pages are set up to provide you with all the information you need to learn about fluency and how to implement strategies in whole group, small group, centers, partner activities, or independent practice. As different fluency problems arise, you’ll be able to refer back to the reference guide any time of year to address a specific fluency issue with one of your students. You’ll be using these reading fluency activities in no time to address any and all fluency problems.
If this sounds like it would be helpful to you, check out the Fluency Teacher Guide!
Reading Fluency Center
The fluency teacher guide will provide you with a variety of strategies to use, but if you’re someone who finds that your students do super well in literacy centers, your main focus should be setting up a fluency center. Not only is it easy to manage (once set up), but a fluency center is also super beneficial because each reader works at their own pace and ability level. A fluency center is a great opportunity for students to grow as fluent readers with repeated daily practice.
Fluency centers are something you can set up once at the beginning of the school year (or whenever you are ready to do so) and then not have to worry too much about throughout the year. You’ll just want to frequently change out the materials students are using in the center, to keep them engaged. Students will bring their own reading fluency passages to the center to complete repeated readings, recorded readings, and other suggested activities.
In my Reading Fluency Center Activities, I include the steps you need to take to set up a fluency center that can successfully run all year long. There are printable pages that you will use to introduce the center and then keep on display for students to reference whenever they’re at the center.
This resource includes:
- Guidelines
- Reminders
- Activities
- Self Assessment + Goal Setting Pages
A fluency center is something you can have in a Kindergarten classroom, all the way up to a 5th Grade classroom. That’s why I include a primary and upper elementary level version of each part of the resource. Your students will be working at their appropriate level based on grade level goals.
If you’ve been wondering just how to go about adding a fluency center into your rotation, click here to check out the Reading Fluency Center Activities!
Reading Fluency Activities – Fluency Checklists and Toolkits
Another highly useful tool you can add to your small group table or at a fluency center is my Fluency Checklist and Toolkits. You can use photo boxes to create mini toolkits that work great to encourage readers to stay focused on fluency when independently reading whether in your small group, at their own desk, or in a fluency center. By creating and using these fluency toolkits and checklists, students will develop their fluent reading skills.
Reading Fluency Activities
If you’re feeling like you need help with all of the above, I recommend checking out my bundle of these reading fluency activities! When you combine all these resources and reading fluency activities, they will help you feel more confident in your understanding of fluency. All these reading fluency activities will help your readers improve their fluent reading skills because you’ll know what to do in the classroom. Plus, the reading fluency activities can be used all year long in your classroom to address different fluency issues that arise! You’ll be set with implementing reading fluency strategies that are engaging, targeted, and meaningful.
Whether you’re working with struggling readers or simply want to try new fluency activities, this reading fluency activities bundle will provide you with everything you need:
- Low-prep fluency centers
- Student-friendly checklists & tracking tools
- Detailed teacher guide for easy implementation
- Engaging activities for independent or small group work
- Perfect for Kinder-5th Grade
Not only will you save your own plan time, but you’ll also be keeping your students actively engaged while hitting fluency goals with confidence. A fluent reader is a confident reader!
If this all sounds amazing, but you still want more support, then The Fluency Files might be for you! This resource includes all of the above + a 90 minute course to take you through it all + fluency passages to use with your readers!
Even More Reading Fluency Activities
Are you convinced you need to get some reading fluency activities going in your classroom? I hope reading this is making you feel like you can focus on fluency on a daily basis. But, you may want to learn even more!
Want to learn even more about setting up reading fluency activities in your classroom? Sign up for my free 3 part video series all about fluency!
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