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

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. 2 vowel rule
    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
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. Repetition and 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