Fluency and Beyond

Fluency and Beyond

This program will build on reading fluency in four ways: accuracy of words, development of speed and words per minute, expression in using appropriate emotion, and comprehension of text with ease. Leading to an increase of stamina and improvement of students’ reading fluency and comprehension skills.

Fluency and Beyond Outline

 

Lesson 1: Alphabet

  1. Letters and sounds

  2. Vowels and consonants

  3. Long and short vowels

    1. 2 letter blends

      1. Vowels with consonants: (a)n, (e)n, (i)n, (a)t, (e)t, (i)t, (o)t, (u)t, (i)k, (u)k etc

      2. 3 letter words: Cat, Hat, Pin, Pen, etc

 

Lesson 2: Silent E and Sight Words

  1. Silent E

    1. Long vowels

  2. Sight words

    1. Said, am, my, have, and, we, etc

 

Lesson 3: 2 Consonant Blends

  1. 2 consonant blends

    1. Most common ones: th, sh, wh, ch

    2. Vowel blends: ea, ai, ay, ee, etc

    3. Continue: (b)r, (g)r, (f)r, (s)m, (c)k, (n)g, etc

    4. 4 letter words

 

Lesson 4: 3 Consonant Blends

  1. 3 consonant blends

    1. spr, str, the, sqr,spl, tch, dge, tch, etc

    2. ing endings

  2. 5 letter words

 

Sub Lesson: Endings

  1. Past tense endings

  2. -ion, -er, -est, -ow, -ght, -uld

  3. y becomes -ies

 

Sub Lesson: Homophones

  1. What are they?

  2. Most common Homophones

  3. Practice spelling

 

Lesson 5: Listen and Read

  1. Instructor reads and student repeats

  2. Reading short easy sentences

    1. 4 – 8 words

  3. Short stories

    1. 6-10 sentences with comprehension

    2. Repeat on their own

    3. Work on stamina

 

Lesson 6: Syllables

  1. Word breakdown

    1. 2 – 4 syllabes

    2. Chunking phrases

    3. Where to take pauses in sentences

 

Lesson 7: Rhyme time

  1. Dr. Seuss, Short poems, practice repetition

  2. Patterns 

  3. Words with:

    1. Same beginning

    2. Same ending

    3. Work on stamina

 

Lesson 8: Punctuation

  1. What exclamations, periods, question marks, and quotes mean

    1. How each affects pattern of reading

  2. How to read them with emphasis

  3. Work on stamina