Reading Fluency Resources

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

Lesson plan

Let's Read It With Expression!

Lesson plan

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

Lesson plan

Predict It

Lesson plan

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

Lesson plan

Weekly Reading Log

Worksheet

Weekly Reading Log

Reading has so many benefits for kids, such as improving vocabulary and language skills and helping to develop imagination and concentration. Reading logs are a great way for you and your students to keep track of their reading throughout the week!

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Increasing Reading Stamina and Comprehension

Lesson plan

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

Lesson plan

Reading Inventories

Lesson plan

Reading Inventories

Want to engage students in reading? Give them books that they want to read! This lesson will give you a chance to learn about your readers so that you can best support them to become fluent readers.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Reading Fluently

Lesson plan

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

Lesson plan

Picking "Just Right" Books

Worksheet

Picking "Just Right" Books

Help students prepare for reader’s workshop by picking books to read independently. Students will choose three books that look appealing and read one page. If there are five or less words that are tricky to read, they've found a book that is just right!

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

My Reading Goals

Worksheet

My Reading Goals

Help your child monitor their progress as readers with this reading goals worksheet. The act of reflecting and goal setting will set students up for reading success!

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Fourth Grade Fluency Fun!

Lesson plan

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

Lesson plan

Reading Graph

Worksheet

Reading Graph

Maintaining a reading log is a fun way to encourage your child to set goals and track their progress. Students will keep track of their month-by-month reading stamina and practice their bar graphing with this reading log worksheet.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Reading Fluency: Football

Worksheet

Reading Fluency: Football

This excerpt has exactly 100 words and is great reading practice for your little quaterbacks!

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Reading Fluency: Christopher Columbus

Worksheet

Reading Fluency: Christopher Columbus

Your third graders will learn about Christopher Columbus and his famous voyages with this reading worksheet.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

My Reading Shelf

Worksheet

My Reading Shelf

This worksheet gives kids a place to list all the books they've read!

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Reading Stamina Chart

Worksheet

Reading Stamina Chart

This reading stamina chart can be used to help students track and increase the amount of time they can spend reading to themselves during independent reading.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Independent Reading Log

Worksheet

Independent Reading Log

After independent reading, have students record and reflect. Young readers will demonstrate their ability to summarize and respond to their reading, and a log is a fun way for them to track their progress. Make copies of this log to use again and again!

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Fluency and Comprehension Boot Camp!

Lesson plan

Fluency and Comprehension Boot Camp!

Get a workout with repeat reading activities! Use this lesson plan with your students to practice reading fluency and build comprehension and summary details using fiction classics.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Smooth Reading #2

Worksheet

Smooth Reading #2

This worksheet will help your students practice their reading fluency and comprehension skills.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Reader’s Theater: Camping in the Cold

Worksheet

Reader’s Theater: Camping in the Cold

Use this camping-themed Reader’s Theater Script to engage your students as they practice reading fluently. Then challenge them with reading comprehension questions about the characters and events.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Finding the Right Books

Lesson plan

Finding the Right Books

To help develop independent readers, we need to make sure our students are able to identify books they can read independently. Teaching students to pick "just right" books helps them develop reading fluency by reading books at their level.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Nursery Rhyme Songs

Lesson plan

Nursery Rhyme Songs

Bring nursery rhymes to life by composing original songs! In this lesson, students develop reading fluency skills while experimenting with music composition.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Reading Fluency Resources