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Fluency: Words, Pass the Word ActivityFluency: Words, Pass the Word Activity
Publisher
Florida Center for Reading Research
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Grade
2nd - 3rd
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Activities & Projects
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2005
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Fluency: Words, Pass the Word

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Learners time each other as they read as many high-frequency words as possible in one minute. Peers record progress.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

reading fluency, emergent reading, phonics, high frequency words, beginning reading, sight words, word recognition

Additional Tags

early reading, fluency, high frequency words, site words, reading words, english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Use teacher-to-child testing for those that would benefit more from working with you versus a peer

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires copies of, and cutting cards

Pros

  • Includes blank cards to add words

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RF.2.3.a RF.2.3.c RF.2.3.f RF.3.3.c RF.3.3.d

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