1st Grade Reading Fluency Lesson Plan Example

Topic: Reading Fluency

Objectives & Outcomes

• By the end of this lesson, students will be able to read at a comfortable and consistent pace without sacrificing accuracy.

Materials

• Ridiculously easy texts (e.g. simple picture books)
• A stopwatch or other timer
• Marking pen or pencil

Warm-up

• Ask students to think of a time when they were reading and it was hard for them to understand what the text was saying.
• Have them share their examples with the class and discuss the difficulties they encountered.
• Ask students if they can think of any ways to make reading easier and more fun.

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the concept of reading fluency and explain that it means being able to read text easily and smoothly.
• Show students the reading stills and discuss how they can be used to identify the main idea of a text.
• Model how to use the reading stills while reading a short passage or paragraph from a text.
• Have students practice using the reading stills while reading a short passage or paragraph from a text.

Guided Practice

• Show students a text and have them use the reading stills to identify the main idea.
• Have students work in pairs and take turns reading a text and using the reading stills to identify the main idea.
• As a class, discuss the main ideas that were identified using the reading stills.

Independent Practice

• Give students a list of texts that they can choose to read independently.
• Have students use the reading stills to identify the main ideas in the texts they choose to read.
• Have students write a short paragraph explaining the main idea of the text they choose to read.

Closure

• Have students share their paragraphs explaining the main idea of the text they chose to read.
• Discuss as a class how well the students were able to identify the main ideas in the texts they chose to read.
• Review the reading stills and the importance of being able to identify the main ideas in a text.

Assessment

• Observe students during independent practice and give feedback on their paragraphs.
• Use the reading stills during group work as a form of assessment to see if students are able to identify the main ideas in the texts they are working with.
• Use the reading stills as a form of assessment during the small group skype conference as a way to assess student understanding of the importance of being able to identify the main ideas in a text.