Minilesson Resources:
What is Fluency?: from busyteacherscafe.com, suggestions for activities to support all aspects of fluency instruction.
Building Fluency: from readingrockets.org, tools and strategies to use in the classroom to support development of fluency before, during and after reading.
Reading Fluency Activities: from Readingresource.net, many suggestions for activities, literacy centers, games and lessons that include free printable resources to support fluency instruction.
Building Fluency: from readingrockets.org, tools and strategies to use in the classroom to support development of fluency before, during and after reading.
Reading Fluency Activities: from Readingresource.net, many suggestions for activities, literacy centers, games and lessons that include free printable resources to support fluency instruction.
Anchor Charts:
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| from theclassroomcreative.com |
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| from msdwt.k12.in.us |
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| from www.scholastic.com |
Booklists
Grade Level Expectations
(from Continuum of Literacy Learning, Fountas and Pinnell, 2012)
PreK
- slow down to problem solve words and resume reading with momentum
Kindergarten
- slow down to problem solve words and resume reading with momentum
- anticipate and use language patterns when available but do not depend on them
First Grade
- slow down to problem solve words and resume reading with momentum
- demonstrate different ways of reading fiction and nonfiction texts
- demonstrate adjustment of reading for simple biographies
- reread to solve words or think about ideas and resume good rate of reading
Second Grade
- demonstrate different ways of reading related to genre, including simple biographies, fantasy, and historical fiction
- adjust reading to process texts with difficult and complex layout
- reread to solve words or think about ideas and resume good rate of reading
- realize that meaning must be derived from illustrations (usually combined with print) in graphic texts
Third Grade
- demonstrate different ways of reading related to genre, including simple biographies, fantasy, and historical fiction
- sometimes adjust reading within texts to accommodate hybrid texts that combine genres
- adjust reading to process texts with difficult and complex layout
- slow down or reread to solve words, search for information or think about meaning and resume good rate of reading
- realize that meaning must be derived from illustrations (usually combined with print) in graphic texts
Fourth Grade
- change style or pace of reading to reflect purpose
- adjust reading to process texts with difficult and complex layout
- reread to solve words or think about ideas and resume good rate of reading
- change purpose and aspects of processing to reflect understanding of a genre
- in graphic texts, simultaneously follow illustrations and print
