Fluency

Plan
What	The ability to read text accurately, at an appropriate pace, with prosody (phrasing, pausing, stress, and intonation). What Makes a Quality Fluency Activity? - Rasinski, T.V. & Smith, M.C. (2018). The Megabook of Fluency. Scholastic.
Why	Fluency improves comprehension through the ability to recognize words automatically, accurately, and to read text with prosody. When students are able to identify words accurately and with automaticity, they can concentrate on comprehending the text rather than decoding words. Reading fluency makes possible silent reading comprehension.
How	Grades K-2: Students need daily opportunities to hear text read aloud in a fluent, expressive manner. Grade 1: Students should participate in daily guided repeated oral readings of familiar texts. Grade 2: Students typically show the greatest amount of growth in reading fluency at this level. They need daily opportunities for repeated readings with corrective feedback. Grade 3-5: Fluency continues to contribute to overall reading comprehension along with vocabulary and background knowledge. Students still need daily practice reading aloud with corrective feedback as texts become more complex. Grade 6: Most student will not substantially increase oral reading fluency rate and accuracy beyond grade 6; however, they still need ample amounts of reading practice in a wide range of texts to ensure they don't fall behind. (Torgeson et al., 2007) Click here for more information

Instruct
Fluency Materials	JSD Fluency Development Lesson (FDL) Plan Blast Fluency Routine HD Word Fluency Routine Active Reading Strategies Repeated Oral Reading Methods Reading Rate Expectation by Grade Level Letter Name/Sound Daily Routine (Intervention) Kindergarten UFLI Words & Sentences UFLI Fluency Lines (work in progress)
High Frequency and Irregularly Spelled Words	Model For Teaching High Frequency Words Heart Word Magic
Teacher Modeling	1st Grade RGR Oral Reading Fluency 2nd Grade RGR Oral Reading Fluency Shared Reading Choral Reading
Paired Reading	SPORT - Synchronous Paired Oral Reading Techniques Paired Reading Routine Jobs Poster Engagement Poster Fluency Vocab Poster Example Schedule Student Grouping Form
Repeated Reading	Timed Repeated Reading Grades 2-3 Resources Grades 4-5 Resources Grades 6-8 Resources Wit & Wisdom Fluency Practice for Families
Reader's Theater	Description Free Readers Theater Scripts Reader's Theater for Multilingual Learners

 

Assess
Acadience Progress Monitoring	Progress Monitoring Login Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) Level 1 Student Materials Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) Level 2 Student Materials Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) Level 3 Student Materials Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) Level 4 Student Materials Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) Level 5 Student Materials Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) Level 6 Student Materials
Fluency Elements	Fluency Rubric

Adapt
Interventions	K & 1st Grade Research Based Fluency Activities 2nd & 3rd Grade Research Based Fluency Activities 4th & 5th Grade Research Based Fluency Activities Any resource underneath "instruct" above can be used for intervention.
Extensions	Teachers can use above grade-level text to challenge students' reading fluency.