Decoding Fluency Drills Phonics Fast Reads Digital Resource

Are you looking for an extra layer of phonics instruction to support your students who are struggling with fluency and need help decoding words? Phonics Fast Reads is here to help! Students move through the drills at their own pace, increasing their speed and confidence as they go. With our research-based reinforcements, you can trust that your students will be well-prepared to become fluent readers in no time.

*Science of reading aligned

*This is the digital version of our Phonics Fast Reads (Google Slides, Seesaw)

Read about how I use these Fast Reads in my classroom HERE!

How can I use these drills in my classroom?

•Use them with individual students.

•Use them as a warmup in guided reading groups.

•You can assign the Google Slides in your Google Classroom or use in Seesaw. If you use Seesaw your students can practice and then record themselves. (I’m REALLY excited about this feature! My students use Google Classroom, so I will be providing the Seesaw link in our Google Classroom!)

Why did I create these Fast Reads?

I created these cards for the first-grade students in my own classroom. After introducing a new phonics pattern my students need practice reading and applying what they have learned to improve fluency.

The Research

I created these Fast Reads to improve reading fluency. According the the National Reading Panel, a few things are critical of good reading instruction.

•Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness

•Systematic phonics instruction

•Methods to improve fluency

Digital Phonics Fast Reads: Letter Recognition and Identification

The first set of Fast Reads reinforces letter names. At each level, students are introduced to four new letters. As students master the letter names, they move up a level and four new letters are given. A spiral review is given at the end of each level. These letter task cards are designed to be used in conjunction with the letter sound cards so that students begin to blend and segment words right away.

Digital Phonics Fast Reads: Letter Sounds

The Letter Sounds Phonics Fast Reads are introduced in a sequence that promotes blending and segmenting words as soon as possible. Right away, students learn that letters and combinations of letters make up sounds and words. As students master a level, they move to the next. Each level introduces four new letter sounds and reviews the previous sounds learned. There are seven levels total. The letter sound cards are perfect for those students who are just learning or struggling to identify and blend letter sounds quickly and automatically.

Digital Phonics Fast Reads: Short Vowels

These Short Vowel Phonics Fast Reads are perfect for children who are just beginning to read cvc words or those students who are struggling to decode quickly. Each Fast Read focuses on a short vowel sound and is introduced in a sequence that builds confidence. Students begin by reading short vowel word families. These word families allow students to decode quickly by only having to manipulate the first letter. After reading the word families, students must read a mix up of words with the same vowel sound. The last Fast Read in this bundle includes a mix up of all short vowel sounds! These phonics fast reads work to move students from slowly blending cvc words to a level where decoding is habitual and automatic.

Digital Phonics Fast Reads: CVCe

These CVCe Phonics Fast Reads are perfect for children who are just beginning to read CVCe words or those students who are struggling to decode quickly. Each Fast Read focuses on a specific long vowel. The last Fast Read in this bundle includes a mix up of all CVCe words! These phonics fast reads are designed to move students from slowly blending words to a level where decoding is habitual and automatic.

Digital Phonics Fast Reads: Long Vowels, Tricky Vowels, Vowel Teams, Diphthongs

These Phonics Fast Reads are perfect for students who are learning to read and write words with tricky vowel spelling patterns. Each Fast Read focuses on a specific phoneme and includes all of the various spelling patterns that make that phoneme. These phonics drills and repeated readings are designed to move students from slowly blending words to a level where decoding is habitual and automatic. The word sort is an added bonus!

Digital Phonics Fast Reads: R-Controlled Vowels

These Phonics Fast Reads are perfect for students who are learning to read and write words with the tricky bossy r spelling pattern. Each Fast Read includes real and nonsense words and comes with a word sort activity.

Digital Phonics Fast Reads: Digraphs

The Digraphs Phonics Fast Reads are perfect for students who are learning to read and write words with digraphs. 

Digital Phonics Fast Reads: Blends

These Phonics Fast Reads are perfect for students who are learning to read and write words with consonant blends. Each Fast Read includes real and nonsense words and comes with an optional paper/pencil word sort activity.

Looking the for paper version of the Fast Reads? Find them HERE.