Methods of Fluency to use in a third grade Language Arts class

Fluency

Maintain eye contact with the child during his/her attempts to read. By showing them you have the time to wait their ability to read with fluency is increased because they no longer feel the rush to read fast and without accuracy. This will help the students to take the time to read and to develop the fluency skills they will use as they grow and develop.

When talking to a student, model a slow rate of speech with appropriate phrasing. When the child is shown how to properly speak then the child may be more inclined to model the method that they are shown.

Give the students a simple paragraph of unvaried, subject-verb structured sentences. Then have the students evaluate and rewrite the paragraph for fluency. By doing this you can see if the child understands what fluency is and if they are capable of writing with fluency.

This page corresponds with the Utah state core for third grade standard 5.