Teaching Themes
Fluency Resources: Everything You Need
These resources cover the basics of fluency, how to measure student success, and ways to improve each student's fluency skills.
Making the Most Out of the Read AloudGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 There is no secret to reading aloud to children in a classroom. You just have to do it. However, the following considerations may help you make the... |
Defining FluencyGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 What is fluency? HINT, it's not just a score on the DIEBELS! Literacy expert and best-selling author Tim Rasinski answers this question and explains... |
Common Questions About FluencyGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Answers to the four most common questions about reading fluency: 1) what is it?; 2) why do so many struggling readers have great difficulty in... |
Lesson Plans, Articles & Collections, Book Resources Instruction for Fluent ReadingGrades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Put theory to practice with these instructional sample resources on fluency. |
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources Reading Fluency StudiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Maryanne Wolf examines the many aspects of understanding, teaching and assessing fluency. |
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Articles Fluency Development Lesson (FDL)Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 The FDL employs short reading passages (poems, story segments, or other texts) that students read and reread over a short period of time. The... |
Lesson Plans, Book Resources New Research on an Old Problem: A Brief History of FluencyGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 A brief look at a history of research on reading fluency reveals how complicated and how important it is for reading's development in the child.... |
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources Oral Fluency AssessmentGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Tips for administering an Oral Fluency Assessment, an accurate and easy way to predict comprehension ability, determine reading fluency, and... |
Articles Oral Fluency Assessment Calculator for Grades 3-5Grades: 3–5 Use the Oral Fluency Assessment Calculator when you administer tests with your students. Oral Fluency Assessment is an accurate and easy way to... |
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Articles Qualitative RubricGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 4. Reads primarily in larger, meaningful phrase groups. Although some regressions, repetitions, and deviations from the text may be present, these... |
Lesson Plans, Book Resources What Aaron Taught Me About FluencyGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 How a kid who had never been to school transformed my teaching. |
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Sharing a Favorite PoemGrades: 9–12 Uses a favorite poem to increase students'reading of poetry and to encourage both interpretation and fluency. |
Articles Powerful Ways to PlayGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 from Wanda Glasshoff, a third-grade teacher at Gretna Elementary School in Gretna, Nebraska:Glasshoff promotes fluency through performance acti |
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Articles Resources for Teaching FluencyGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Fluency resources to help you implement theory into good teaching practice. |
