Fluency
In order for students to read accurately and fluently, they must build word recognition through phonics. Phonics should be taught so that students can work on comprehension rather than sounding out each word. Teachers need to be aware of skills that need to be taught at each grade level including phonemic awareness, letter names and sounds, sight words, onset-rime, CVC patterns, and CVCe patterns. Besides modeling fluent reading during read alouds, there are other ways to build fluency. Explore the options below:
Learn Sight Words (Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check)
Letter and Sound Searches
Reader's Theater
Learn Sight Words (Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check)
Letter and Sound Searches
Reader's Theater
Taberski, S. (2011). Accurate fluent reading: Principles and practices. In Comprehension from the ground up: Simplified, sensible instruction for the K-3 reading workshop (pp. 119-146). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.