Reading and Handwriting Fluency for First Grade

As I was looking through some older files last night, I found these gems.

Reading and Handwriting Fluency for First Grade.

We used these every day my last few years of teaching.

The growth in both reading fluency and handwriting was unreal all across the board.

With an added bonus of vocabulary development and introduction to non-fiction short passage reading, these little 5-10 minute blocks of time each day became one of those things I refused to sacrifice on shortened schedule days.

My little firsties loved them.

And so did the 2nd graders down the hall.

I uploaded my files today to TPT.

There are some FREE packs...

First Grade

Water and Seasons

Introduction to Reading and Handwriting Fluency

And some that are only $1.50.

October

November

December

January

February

March

That's a screaming deal for a month of no-prep practice!

Hop on over and take a look!

Maybe they'll become one of your go-to daily activities too.

[CureSearch] [Teacher's Notebook] [November Reading_Handwriting Fluency]

November 2.

Day 2 of the Pediatric Cancer Awareness Sale in my shop.

 

Up today. . .the November Reading_Handwriting Fluency Pack.

I love using these in my classroom.

I'm amazed as I see the progress in my students' handwriting and their willingness and ability to read difficult passages.

 

The November Pack is only $2 at Teacher's Notebook.

 

But. . .it's on sale at a 25% discount through November 15.

So you can get the 4 passage pack (enough passages to use one a week for the month of November) for only $1.50!!

 

But, that's not even the best part!

For me, the very best part is what Steve and Debbie at Teacher's Notebook are going to do with every purchase made in my shop from November 1 - November 15!

They have offered to donate MATCHING FUNDS of every sale in my shop over those 14 days to CureSearch - the leading pediatric cancer research foundation - in Kenton's name.

Do you realize what this means for children suffering through pediatric cancer?!

CureSearch uses 97 cents of every dollar donated directly in research of pediatric cancer.

NINETY-SEVEN CENTS!!!

I genuinely appreciate every single sale, not only because your purchases will be providing Christmas for my children this year, but because for the next 14 days, your purchases will be providing funding for the one thing that has been our family's heartbreak over the past 4 months.

My heartfelt appreciation goes out to Steve and Debbie for their willingness to spread the word about pediatric cancer and to donate to CureSearch!

Please join us.

Be part of the cure.

Thank you!

[October] reading_handwriting fluency pack

Looking for an easy way to boost your students' reading and handwriting fluency?

Give this method a try and see what you think.

 

Available through Teacher's Notebook.

 

October reading_handwriting fluency pack.

4 weeks of reading_handwriting fluency.

 

 

We do this every week.

There are other packs available in my Teacher's Notebook Shop.

 

Have a great week!

 



[Back to School] Reading_Handwriting Fluency Pack

It's almost Monday.

First Monday of my school year.

Some of my friends have their very first day on Monday.

I'm really glad we have 2 days under our belts!

My new littles are AWESOME!

Don't get me wrong, I totally miss my littles from last year (and every other year, lol).

But. . .my new littles are lots of fun and really listen well (for the most part!).

We start formal reading groups the Tuesday after Labor Day.

I want to get a jump start on reading before then.

So this week, we'll be using one of these fluency pages to practice our reading and handwriting fluency.

There are 5 in this pack, enough to get us through September.

They're a fairly simple read.

Perfect for the start of the year.

If you're looking for a quick and easy way to practice reading and handwriting fluency, give these a shot.

Have a great week!

[May_June_July] reading and handwriting fluency freebie **EDITED**

Just a reminder (since I was soooo slow yesterday!) that FRY words 101-200 (the entire set of FIVE games!!) is only available at the Latter-Day Crafters blog!  BONUS - if you "follow" me here AND "follow" Latter-Day Crafters, leave a comment saying you do WITH an e-mail address on both blogs, I'll send you a super fun math fact fluency game set as a thank you!  Some exclusive resources will be posted at Latter-Day Crafters this summer that you won't want to miss.  ;)

Summer is here.

Kind of.

I'm in math class for 2 weeks and THEN summer can start.

This morning we were all up and dressed by 6:14 am.

I think we missed the "summer break" memo.

My own kids will be doing some school work each day.

I expect the same out of my school littles.

I even sent them home with summer work packets.

I'm such a nice teacher.  Ha, ha.

**There was an error on the July page!!  Please delete the first download and take this one instead!!!  Sorry for the trouble!**

These reading/handwriting fluency exercises are perfect to help your kiddo avoid the summer reading slide.  These are geared for 2nd graders (end of first grade, start of second) or for struggling third graders, although the practice would benefit children of all ages provided they could read the passage with limited assistance.

These passages are non-fiction.  The whole practice session takes less than 5 minutes!

Definitely worth the 5 minutes!! 

The download comes with THREE reading fluency pages (May, June, and July), the handwriting fluency page, and instructions.

Each passage is used for one full week, so with this download you get THREE weeks of reading/handwriting fluency practice!

And. . .it's FREE!

Remember to stop by Latter-Day Crafters to pick up the FRY 101-200 games (they're geared for K-2).

If you're lucky enough to actually be on summer "break," - have a fabulous day!

[Reading and Handwriting Fluency] FREE passage

After attending a professional development day with Anita Archer and reading a book by E.D. Hirsch, I realized that I was neglecting 2 very important things in my everyday teaching! Daily handwriting fluency practice and scaffolding/building background knowledge with my children!

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, I'm offering a FREE non-fiction reading fluency passage and handwriting fluency practice worksheet.  Using these daily in my classroom has been one of the smartest things I've ever done!

This FREEBIE contains 1 passage geared for first graders in the spring. This passage may be very easy for some students and very challenging for others. Many of the words are decodable or sight words. Other words are easily taught within the short framework of the passage.

Students read the passage daily together with the teacher to build reading fluency (speed, accuracy, expression). The first day of reading, the class works together to identify new vocabulary (and the meanings of those words!) along with 3 new facts they learned through the reading. Days 2-5 are spent reading the passage and then copying as much of it as they can onto a handwriting fluency page.

This stuff really works!  I have seen handwriting improvement in 100% of my students! Their goal is to write "just like Mrs. Reynolds." They LOVE the challenge, and yes, that improvement does transfer to other academic areas as well!

If you're interested in other passages, please check my Teacher's Notebook Shop where everything is 25% off this week!  :)

[reading and handwriting fluency] pack 2_water and seasons

Remember THIS post?

The one about reading and handwriting fluency?
My littles LOVE LOVE LOVE the chicken page!  It's so funny to hear them speaking about chickens as if they are professional chicken farmers, lol.
They're already asking what we'll be reading about next week!
I figured I'd better get ready - so now, with pack 1 (chickens, rabbits, ducks) and pack 2 (2 passages about water and 2 passages about seasons), I'm set for almost the rest of the year!  :)

Looking for non-fiction reading fluency practice and/or handwriting fluency practice?
Here's set 2!

Water.

Seasons.

2 passages for each.

That's FOUR WEEKS WORTH of reading and handwriting fluency.

All yours for 2 bucks at Teacher's Notebook!

Honestly this takes just about 5 minutes per day and that INCLUDES the correcting of the handwriting pages!

Give it a shot - I think you'll like it!  :)

[reading and handwriting fluency] non-fiction pack for spring

After attending a professional development day with Anita Archer and reading a book by E.D. Hirsch, I realized that I was neglecting 2 very important things in my everyday teaching! Daily handwriting fluency practice and scaffolding/building background knowledge with my children!

This pack, available exclusively at Teacher's Notebook, contains 3 passages geared for first graders in the spring. All are non-fiction.  This pack contains passages about rabbits, ducks, and chickens.  Information for the passages was gathered through various sources.  Passages may be very easy for some students and very challenging for others.  However, with daily reading, students will develop fluency with most (if not all) of the words.  Most of the words are either decodable or sight words. Other words are easily taught within the short framework of the passage.

Students read the passage daily together with the teacher to build reading fluency (speed, accuracy, expression). The first day of reading, the class works together to identify new vocabulary (and the meanings of those words!) along with 3 new facts they learned through the reading. Days 2-5 are spent reading the passage and then copying as much of it as they can onto a handwriting fluency page.

This stuff really works! After only 4 days of practice within my classroom, I have seen handwriting improvement in 100% of my students! Their goal is to write "just like Mrs. Reynolds." They LOVE the challenge, and yes, that improvement does transfer to other academic areas as well!

Whether you're simply looking for a few fun non-fiction passages about animals, or if you want to improve reading and handwriting fluency within your classroom , this pack will work for you!

The handwriting fluency page can be used with any reading passage!

Here's the download for that, free for my awesome blog readers!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great weekend!!