📚 Unlock the gateway to confident and capable readers!
In early 2024, I presented this free two-part webinar series, for my friends at Lifting Literacy Aotearoa, designed for Year 2-8 teachers, leaders, teacher aides, and parents.
We delved in to the nuts and bolts of reading fluency, and you can watch the free recordings below to learn all about reading fluency – from simple but powerful assessments to effective teaching strategies. We explore the development of reading fluency, its close ties to comprehension, and you can download free, practical resources for immediate use with your students.
Part 1: gain a clear understanding of fluency’s crucial role in literacy success, along with a rapid, reliable one-minute-per-student oral reading fluency assessment method.
Part 2: will equip you with a working knowledge of how to enhance fluency development in your classroom, offering real examples and clear instructional routines ready for immediate implementation.
Part 1
Part 2
Handouts to print for Part 1
Download and print this PDF to go alongside the webinar. There are practical activities to participate in to learn to assess Oral Reading Fluency (ORF). You will also need some of the pages for the first part of Webinar 2 (more ORF scoring practice).
Handouts to print for Part 2
Download and print this PDF to go alongside Webinar 2 - it summarises key ways to develop reading fluency in the classroom, and contains links to further learning through other webinars, podcasts, and readings. You will also need the last few pages of the Part 1 handouts to practice scoring ORF assessments.
Shared folder of resources
A collection of resources to support you to assess and develop oral reading fluency with your students, as well as some further readings.