Reading Fluency Lesson Plans

One Fish, Two Fish

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One Fish, Two Fish

This wacky lesson combines math and reading practice with a Dr. Seuss classic and some fun online games.

Preschool

Math

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Reading Fluently to Support Comprehension

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Reading Fluently to Support Comprehension

Use this lesson to teach students about the importance of reading fluently to support comprehension. Use as a stand alone activity or a support for the Increasing Reading Stamina and Comprehension lesson plan.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Let's Read It With Expression!

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Let's Read It With Expression!

Teach your students about text clues that will help them read with expression. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the *Reader's Theater: Read the Script* lesson.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Predict It

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Predict It

Engage students in reading grade-level texts by making and testing predictions. Your students will be excited to read on to find out if their predictions are correct!

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Increasing Reading Stamina and Comprehension

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Increasing Reading Stamina and Comprehension

This lesson provides teachers with an opportunity to teach students about reading stamina and assess student comprehension during independent reading.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Reading Fluently

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Reading Fluently

Use this lesson to help your ELs gain confidence as they read aloud texts. They will practice decoding strategies that will help improve fluency. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson for the Picture Book Pacing lesson.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Fourth Grade Fluency Fun!

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Fourth Grade Fluency Fun!

We often conduct reading fluency tests on our students without explicitly teaching this skill. Use this lesson, which incorporates student peer review, to help raise awareness of reading fluency while improving it.

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Building Fluency with Punctuation

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Building Fluency with Punctuation

This lesson focuses on how punctuation affects reading fluency and comprehension using graphic organizers and sentence stems. Use this lesson as a stand-alone activity or a support for the Punctuation and Prosody lesson plan.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Using Pictures to Read Words

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Using Pictures to Read Words

This is a great introductory lesson to teach students about the importance of illustrations when reading. It can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the Introducing Reader's Workshop lesson plan.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

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Sight Words

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Sight Words

Use this fun lesson plan to practice identifying common sight words and rhyming words with your el's. This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

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Introducing Reader's Workshop!

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Introducing Reader's Workshop!

This lesson plan will have students practice their reading skills and build their reading stamina. This can be used as an introduction to kindergarten reader's workshop!

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

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Punctuation & Prosody

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Punctuation & Prosody

Are your second graders struggling with reading comprehension? Help them understand how prosody can help their understanding of the text with this reading lesson plan.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Picture Book Pacing

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Picture Book Pacing

The ability to read aloud well and with confidence is an important part of student development. In this lesson, students will use picture books and record videos of themselves reading aloud.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Me and My Partner

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Me and My Partner

Students will build relationships and reading skills with this fun partner-themed lesson.

Preschool

Reading & writing

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Summaries and Predictions

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Summaries and Predictions

Teach your second graders how to write a prediction and summarize book chapters in this exciting lesson!

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Read with Expression!

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Read with Expression!

Knowing how to identify types of sentences and read each kind with expression is an important component of reading fluency. This EL support lesson can be taught on its own or used as precursor to the lesson Fourth Grade Fluency Fun!

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Read with Expression!

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Read with Expression!

Knowing how to identify types of sentences and read each kind with expression is an important component of reading fluency. This English Learner support lesson can be taught on its own or used as precursor to Fourth Grade Fluency Fun!

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Reading Fluency Lesson Plans