Reading Fluency Activities, 1st 2nd 3rd Grade Oral Reading Fluency Practice

If you're looking for a way to help your first, second, or third-grade students become more fluent readers, this year-long reading fluency activities bundle will be a lifesaver! These reading fluency strategies and interventions will help your readers improve their oral reading accuracy, pace, and expression.

What's Included in this Reading Fluency Bundle:

◻️PHONICS: SYLLABLES AND BLENDS (240 Cards)

Use this set of reading fluency cards for students struggling with phonics and fluency. It is a great way to review syllables and blends frequently seen in text. Each card includes a word for reference, which helps students connect to the blends and syllables more easily. Use these for RTI groups or as warm-ups for your struggling readers. Includes progress monitoring checklist.

◻️PHRASES (116 Cards)

Once students know the common blends and syllables, they must combine them using common phrases. This set of cards is perfect for paired or echo reading. Your students will quickly improve their ability to read short phrases with accuracy, speed, and intonation! This set is perfect as a fluency activity in literacy centers.

◻️ PYRAMID SENTENCES (20 Cards)

When you get to this set of flashcards, students are ready for lots of reading fluency practice with sentences, and they love the challenge of mastering these sentences! There are a lot of giggles with this practice activity, and your students will beg for more practice!

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✔ Ideas for Implementing This Resource in Your Classroom:

Syllables and Blends Cards

Syllable Sort: Organize syllables and blend cards into categories like beginning blends, ending blends, and vowel-consonant combinations. Students quickly sort cards into these groups, enhancing their recognition and understanding of syllables and blending types in words.

Mystery Word Creation: In pairs, students use syllable and blend cards for a guessing game where one gives clues for the other to identify the sound, then collaboratively list words containing it. This fosters teamwork and applies phonetic knowledge to word building, boosting phonetic awareness and vocabulary.

Phrases Cards

Echo Reading with Phrases: In pairs, students take turns reading and echoing phrases from cards, focusing on mimicking accuracy, speed, and intonation, enhancing fluency, listening, and speaking skills.

Phrase Relay Race:
Form student teams for a relay. Each member runs to a spot, reads a phrase card fluently, and then tags the next player. This game promotes quick, fluent reading with a physical twist.

Pyramid Sentences Cards

Sentence Building: Start with the first line of the pyramid sentence and have a student read it aloud. Gradually reveal each subsequent line, challenging the student to read the expanding sentence each time.

Dramatic Reading Contest: Students select a pyramid sentence card and practice reading the sentence with expression and fluency. Then, they perform their sentence in front of the class or in small groups. Peers can give feedback based on criteria like clarity, expression, and fluency.

Benefits of this Resource:

✅ Improves students' ability to recognize and read common syllables and blends

✅ Helps students quickly recognize and fluently read common phrases

✅ Encourages students to read sentences within context

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