Description
Fluency isn’t about reading faster—it’s about reading smarter.
For older striving readers, slow or labored reading of common words and phrases steals attention away from comprehension. When students must work too hard to recognize high-frequency words, they have little mental energy left for meaning, syntax, or thinking about the text. This resource is designed to change that.
Common Fluency Phrases provides structured, repeated practice with the most frequently occurring words and phrases students encounter across content-area texts. By practicing these words in meaningful phrase and sentence contexts (rather than in isolation), students build automaticity that directly supports comprehension, stamina, and confidence.
This set includes:
- 10 progressive phrase sets developed from the Fry Word List (1–1000), allowing for systematic fluency growth
- An additional set of 21st-Century phrases, compiled using modern textbooks in ELA, math, science, and social studies, so practice mirrors the language students actually read in school
- Student tracking tools to monitor growth, set goals, and define mastery based on student needs
- Flexible instructional options, including timed readings, repeated practice, sentence building, and peer reading activities
Because the phrases are short, familiar, and meaningful, students can focus on smooth, accurate reading rather than decoding individual words. This bridges the critical gap between word-level accuracy and true reading fluency.
Why this matters for older readers:
- Fluent reading of common words reduces cognitive load
- Automaticity supports comprehension, phrasing, and expression
- Practice at the phrase level mirrors real reading demands
- Repeated success builds confidence and reading stamina
These cards are ideal for:
- Reading intervention and MTSS support
- Small-group fluency instruction
- Progress monitoring and goal setting
- Warm-ups or short daily practice
- Older students who need age-appropriate fluency work
If your students can decode but still struggle to read smoothly and confidently, this resource helps them move beyond word-by-word reading and into meaningful, fluent text processing.
