1st Grade Weekly Fluency Frenzy

One of our big goals is to develop fluent readers. Fluency is the ability to read accurately, quickly, and with expression. To help focus on fluency, as a school we are asking each student to track their reading fluency at home. This will only take 1 minute every day! Every week we ask that you download the weekly fluency passage. Each student should read the same fluency passage every day for the whole week. This will be a great activity to see reading growth.

Please keep in mind that this activity is to help each student see their improvements. It is not important to finish the whole story the first few reads but rather to see a slight increase with each read.
The difficulty of the reading passages will increase throughout the school year. If your student is having difficulty with a certain level, be sure to use iReady, Stride Tutoring, and Big Universe to practice additional stories throughout the week.

Monday – 1st time reading this passage. No practicing, just read for 1 minute and count the words that are read correctly. (Skipped words will count as an error) Fill in your chart (below). Ex: I read 72 words. I made 2 errors. My total number of correct words would be 70 wpm. After recording your words per minute, you may review some of the words your child had difficulty with.

Tuesday – 2nd time reading the passage. Read for 1 minute and count the words that are read correctly. (Skipped words will count as an error) Fill in your chart.

Wednesday – 3rd time reading the passage. Read for 1 minute and count the words that are read correctly. (Skipped words will count as an error) Fill in your chart.

Thursday – 4th time reading the passage. Read for 1 minute and count the words that are read correctly. (Skipped words will count as an error) Fill in your chart.

Your teacher would love to see pictures of fluency growth charts. Take a picture and email every few weeks for them to see your student’s growth!

Set a goal to work towards & when your goal is met increase it to work towards a new one.
Let’s work hard to meet these goals!