Decoding drills for phonics fluency

Decodable reading passages are a great resource for developing strong decoding skills and supporting reading comprehension. There are many ways to use phonics passages, so I’ve written a blog post explaining 5 easy ways to use them for small group instruction, in literacy centers, for fluency practice, vocabulary building, and more! Download a FREE set of decodable passages in this post to get started!

Pinterest As a first grade teacher, my goal is for my students to become fluent readers. I want them to enjoy reading, and I want them to leave me and enter second grade knowing that they can pick up any book and read for enjoyment. While fluency is only one key ingredient in growing life […]

Decoding drills for building fluency helps students apply phonics skills when reading. Perfect warm ups and a great tracking tool, too.

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Take a moment to think about how you teach spelling and reading? What strategies do you use and suggest to students when teaching them how to read and spell? Do these strategies involve looking at the pictures? Using context clues to guess the words? If you answered yes to the last two questions above, consider the following:When looking at a picture are you actually reading a word or are you identifying an object in a picture? These are two different processes in our brains. Our brains were…

Here are some tips and strategies on how to teach reading fluency in your homeschool or in your classroom literacy centers.

Pinterest As a first grade teacher, my goal is for my students to become fluent readers. I want them to enjoy reading, and I want them to leave me and enter second grade knowing that they can pick up any book and read for enjoyment. While fluency is only one key ingredient in growing life […]

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FLOSSY Words (-ff -ll -ss -zz) Blending Drill (Decoding Fluency), Digital Slides Presentation, Digital Blending Board, 1st Grade Phonics These slides support reading fluency with FLOSSY words (-ff -ll -ss -zz) This is a great tool to build decoding skills This resource can be used WHOLE group or SMALL group The blending drill is a highly effective review for students. Students say each sound, then the word. Perfect for first graders 46 slides Blending Drill Directions: Students say each…

These easy and fun reading activities are great to have on hand when teaching kids how to read. Having no prep reading activities ready to go will save...