Fluency
Enhance the comfort students feel using language by honing their ability to read quickly, accurately, and with proper pronunciation.
Explainer video
What is Fluency?
Find out what essential skills are needed to improve reading speed, accuracy, and expressive delivery for a more engaging and proficient reading experience.
Supporting Resources
Microlearn Module
Automaticity
How can practice and memorization be used to improve our literacy skills?
6-8 Minutes
Inspire students to sharpen their literacy skills with an activity that tests their ability to speak and think fast.
Microlearn Module
Reading Speed
Is language like a “muscle” that can be worked out?
6-8 Minutes
Equip students with skills that they can use to read and navigate text more efficiently.
Fluency
Prosody
Can we infuse words with emotion by the way that we say them?
6-8 Minutes
Jazz-up students’ use of language with an activity that emphasizes the importance of expressive speech.
Masterclass
Building Fluency in Young Readers
Helping Learners Read with Expression
6-8 Minutes
Observe a teacher guiding young readers through two "Repeated Reading" activities, Repeated Reading for Prosody (Strategy 1) and Repeated Reading for Automaticity (Strategy 2),focusing on both prosody/expression and automaticity. See how these strategies help students develop smoother and more confident reading skills.
Task Cards
Task Cards
Early Literacy Strategies
6-8 Minutes
Expanding on the strategies from our Discovery Literacy microlearns, these versatile strategies are easy to incorporate into mini lessons, as a warm-up or wrap-up, or part of learning stations.
Ready-to-Use Activity
Automaticity
Slideshow
6-8 Minutes
Use this activity to support fluency by having students read words and sentences quickly.
Ready-to-Use Activity
Reading Speed
Slideshow
6-8 Minutes
Use this activity to support fluency through repeated practice and recording the number of words read in one minute.
Ready-to-Use Activity
Prosody
Slideshow
6-8 Minutes
Use this activity to support fluency by incorporating a fable with a strategy that combines reading practice and performing.
