fluency

6 Don’ts for Increasing Students’ Reading Fluency June 26, 2025
Today’s post has been adapted from the chapter “Fluency in Learning to Read” by Katherine Garnett, in Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills, Fourth Edition, edited by Judith R. Birsh… Read more

5 Reading Activities to Improve Your Students’ Fluency December 5, 2024
Reading fluency is a vitally important element of reading success. As a teacher, you can help build students’ fluency with repeated reading activities—a great way for struggling readers to log… Read more

5 Ideas for Enhancing Comprehension During Small-Group Instruction October 10, 2024
Today’s post is excerpted and adapted from Smartt & Glaser’s Next STEPS in Literacy Instruction, Second Edition. Comprehension is the goal of reading. Reading comprehension, the act of deriving meaning from… Read more

10 Tips for Improving Your Students’ Reading Fluency August 13, 2024
Reading fluency improves with practice—but enticing struggling readers to read can present a real challenge for teachers. Because reading is not a task that struggling students usually choose to do,… Read more