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- Word List Practice
 Print out a copy of your child's High Frequency Sight Words (flash cards). Using a timer or stopwatch, have your child read the words aloud for one minute. Say, "STOP" when the one-minute time is up. Count the number of words that were read correctly. Graph the number. Do this every day, graphing the number of words that were correctly read in one minute. Later, revise the list so the words are in a different order and do it again. -
- Word Phrase Practice
- Just like with the Word List Practice above, print out a copy of the Word Phrase List for Developing Reading Fluency. Have your child read the short phrases, timing the reading for one minute. Count up the number of words that were read correctly. Graph the number. Do this every day.
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- Read a Poem
- Find a poem (some of my faves poems by: Shel Silverstein, Dr. Seuss, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack Prelutsky, Mother Goose, etc.). First, the adult reads it aloud, demonstrating how a fluent reader sounds. Then, have your child read it. Read it together for a third time. Read this same poem every single day for one week. Find a new poem the next week and repeat.
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- Read a Story
- Find an easy-to-read story that is at your child's reading level. The adult reads the story first, demonstrating how a fluent reader sounds. Then, have your child read it. Each day for one week, repeat this activity. Switch to a new book.
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- Books on Tape/iPod/CD
- Find a book and and read it, recording the reading onto a tape/iPod/CD. Your child can now read along using the book and listening to the story being read by a fluent reader. As your child follows along, reading either aloud or silently, he/she is able to see and hear the words. Your child should read with the book for one week. Record a new book for the following week.
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