Partners practice reading fluency by reciting sentence strips to each other with proper expression and intonation. Partner A chooses a strip at random and reads it silently, then aloud with expression. Partner B reads the same sentence with different phrasing, intonation, or expression, explaining why they chose to read it that way. Pairs switch roles as they move through the sentences and can even write one of their own!

Concepts

tone, literary devices, constructing sentences, reading aloud, reading fluency

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Additional Tags

expression, fluency, read aloud, sentence strips, tone, phrasing, rf.2.4, english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Laminate sentence strips to permit reuse; write on the laminated blank sentence strip with dry-erase markers

Classroom Considerations

• Requires printing and cutting sentence strips

Pros

• There are 14 sentences provided, each from familiar stories your learners will likely recall
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

RF.K.4 RF.1.4.b