Digital Decoding Fluency Drills: Digraphs {Phonics Fast Reads} Distance Learning

These Phonics Fast Reads are perfect for students who are learning to read and write words with digraphs. Each Fast Read includes real and nonsense words and comes with an optional word sort (paper/pencil) activity. These decoding fluency drills and repeated readings are designed to move students from slowly blending words to a level where decoding is habitual and automatic.

Included in the unit:

-sh (beginning and end, real and nonsense)

-th (beginning and end, real and nonsense)

-ch, -tch (beginning and end, real and nonsense)

-wh (beginning, real and nonsense)

-ph (beginning and end, real and nonsense)

-sh, th, ch, wh, ph digraph mix up

-digraph word sorts

How can I use these drills in my classroom?

•Use them with individual students.

•Use them as a warmup in guided reading groups.

•Use them during distance learning – 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 just learned. I love using these drills as a warm up in guided reading groups.

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