Fluency in the 3^rd grade classroom

1. Have students give an oral presentation on something in the community. For example: rules, laws, making decisions, good citizenship, city council, or our countries capital. This way the teacher can evaluate the fluency of the student. They can access the speed, accuracy and comprehension of the student as they read from note cards and present to the classroom. This also can help them develop good oral speaking skills.

2. Have the students come up with short passages about the geography that surrounds them. They have to come up with 10 new words that they didn’t know before. They will split up in groups and present their passages. After the students come up with their passages, have them read aloud to the other students what they have come up with. The teacher will walk around the classroom listening and evaluating the student’s fluency in reading and speaking orally.

3. Read a good story to the students at a very fast pace. Then read to them at slow pace and see if they could come up with more details. Next read to them at an average pace and have them summarize the plot of the story and identify the problem and the solution in the story. Let them know the accurate speed to be reading at and let them listen to the difference of very fast to very slow reading and how they can comprehend the most at a normal reading pace.