| Plan | |
| What | The ability to read text accurately, at an appropriate pace, with prosody (phrasing, pausing, stress, and intonation). Click here for more information |
| 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 Fluency Rubric Active Reading Strategies Reading Rate Expectation by Grade Level Letter Name/Sound Daily Routine (Intervention) Fluency Practice with Fry Phrases |
| High Frequency and Irregularly Spelled Words | Model For Teaching High Frequency Words Heart Word Magic K High-Frequency Word List 1st Grade Irregularly Spelled Word List 2nd Grade Irregularly Spelled Word List |
| Teacher Modeling | Journeys Fluency Lessons can be found in teacher manual 1st Grade RGR Oral Reading Fluency 2nd Grade RGR Oral Reading Fluency Shared Reading Choral Reading |
| Paired Reading |
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 Journeys Cold Reads (see below for links) |
| Reader's Theater | Description Reader's Theater for ELLs |
| 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 |
| Journeys Cold Reads | 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade |
| High-Frequency and Irregularly Spelled Words | RGR Sight Word Surveys District Benchmarks K-2 Part 1, Number 1 |
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| Interventions |
K & 1st Grade Research Based Fluency Activities |
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| Extensions | Teachers can use above grade-level text to challenge students' reading fluency. |