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Sentence Completion: "A Lovely Day"

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars read two a two paragraph story that has one missing word in each sentence. They choose words from a word bank to complete each sentence. There are ten sentences to complete.
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Sentence Completion

For Students 2nd - 4th
Young learners select a word from a word bank to correctly complete a sentence. There are five sentences to be completed.
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Dive Into Reading

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners observe and demonstrate various reading strategies to improve their reading fluency. The teacher first models smooth speech. In pairs, pupils take turns reading from the book Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea by Cynthia...
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1, 2, 3, Read!

For Teachers K - 1st
Explain to your readers a variety of decoding strategies to improve their reading fluency. They observe the teacher modeling blending, then in pairs take turns reading the book Clifford the Big Red Dog. Learners then time each other...
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Fire! Fire! Fire!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
The book Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia, is read with quickness and fluency in this lesson. The teacher models slow, choppy oral reading, and then smooth, quick, and fluent oral reading. Then, students read orally with a partner, encouraging...
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Climb to Faster Reading

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students participate in repeated reading activities to improve their fluency after listening to the teacher model fluent and non-fluent reading. They work with a partner to complete repeated reading of sentences and books while being...
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Get the Chicks in the Coop

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Readers work to increase the speed of their out-loud reading to improve overall fluency.  They work with partners to time and record how far they read in one minute using the book Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type. The procedures mention...
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Sound It Out!

For Teachers 2nd
Help your class improve their spelling skills. Learners take a test, are given a particular spelling rule to practice, and play a Bingo game. This employs various methods for practicing spelling skills.
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Come Join Our Book Club!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a class book club. After reading a selected book, they discuss what they like and dislike about the book and if they would recommend it to a friend with their partner. As a class they listen to the book "Click,...
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It's All in the Fluency

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Take a trip to the library! Elementary schoolers visit the library and choose books to read independently. They use the cover-up method of deciphering unknown words and use timed-readings to increase fluency. They discuss characters,...
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BL to the Ends (blends)

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students examine word blends. In this word blends lesson, students investigate common word blends. Working in pairs, students analyze words containing blends and generate a word list.
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The Environment

For Teachers 8th - 12th
In this reading fluency practice worksheet, students pair with partners to read the 2 sets of dialogue related to the environment.
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The Better to Hear You With

For Teachers 1st
First graders use portable media players to improve their reading fluency. In this reading fluency lesson, 1st graders use a media player to read and record passages throughout the year to improve their reading fluency.
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Double-Letter Word Fluency

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the concept of double letter words. In this word recognition lesson, 1st graders discuss the concept and play a game that requires them to use letter cards to form double letter words.
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Investigate a New Word from "Notes from the Trail"

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read and take notes from Notes from the Trail. In this reading fluency lesson, students read back and share their notes finding 7-10 new words. Students define, write an unrelated sentence and present.
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Who Am I Without Him?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read and discuss the book, Who Am I Without Him? For this fluency lesson, students practice reading with expression and making text to self connections. Students practice writing expressively in their journals.
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Missing Words

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this online interactive missing words worksheet, students select the words from each of the 13 drop-down menus to appropriately edit the story.
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Baa, Baa Black Sheep

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this "Baa, Baa Black Sheep" worksheet, students practice their reading comprehension and fluency skills as they read the nursery rhyme.
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Three Blind Mice

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this "Three Blind Mice" worksheet, learners practice their reading comprehension and fluency skills as they read the nursery rhyme.
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Little Mouse's New House

For Students K - 2nd
In this "Little Mouse's New House" activity, students use their reading fluency and comprehension skills to read the 10 page story. The story includes illustrations.
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The Three Little Pigs Play

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this "Three Little Pigs" worksheet, students use their reading fluency and comprehension skills to read parts in this 5 page play.
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Sentence Completion

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this sentence completion worksheet, students choose words from a word bank to correctly complete sentences. There are five sentences to finish.
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Nouns

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this noun worksheet, students learn what a noun is. Then they choose the correct noun from three options to complete a sentence. There are five sentences to complete.
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Nouns

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this nouns instructional activity, students learn what a noun is and pick the correct noun to complete a sentence. There are five sentences to finish.