Teacher Appreciation Freebies Roundup

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to all my blogging buddies and teaching friends.  I hope your week has been warmed by many "gifts."  Whether they be a smile, a homemade card, or an extra hug, I know your students appreciate each and every one of you.  You have made a mark, sparked a memory and have forever helped shape the future!  Give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done.

Teacher Appreciation Week may be coming to an end, but the celebration isn't over yet!  Teaching Blog Roundup is teaming up with 20 of the best blogs to host this Teacher Appreciation FREEBIES Roundup blog hop.

Thanks for stopping by my blog!  I would like to show my appreciation with this great freebie for you.

First, I'd like to give a special thank you to Teresa from Fun in K/1 for inviting me to join this inspirational group of bloggers.  Now, on to my Freebie.  I'm actually pretty excited to share with you my "Read It to ME Fluency Cards."  You know when you have a project (or two, or three) hanging over your head?  A project you can't wait to complete so that you can use it with your students?  Well, my newly created set of fluency cards is exactly this type of project.

These cards are hot off the press!  I'm laminating them right as I am typing this post.  You use these to jazz up your guided reading. When it's the part of your guided reading lesson when your students need to read, pick a card to give them a way to sound while reading.  For example, they may read like a robot, like they have a cold, like they are a rapper, like they are a karaoke star, etc.  I am pleased to have put together 28 fluency cards to try out.  I already know my first graders will love these!

In addition, I plan to use these cards for buddy reading.  Each pair of reading buddies can select a card and read to their partner following the card's description.  Check out some examples.

Click HERE to download your fluency cards.  

I have ideas ready to go to make a part II of this item.  Let me know how they work with your readers.  I love your feedback.  Do you have an idea for a card you'd like to share?  Leave me a comment.

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Now head over to Preschool Wonders to roundup the next FREEBIE!

We Appreciate you!

                                          

New Item Posted: Speed It Up Fluency Center

I have just uploaded this over 80 page item which has all you  need to make over 350 fluent phrase/ sentence cards.  The item comes ready to differentiate according to the reading levels of your students.  It includes phrases/ sentences using
•the Pre Primer Dolch Word List (for K and struggling readers at the first-third grade level)
•the first 100 words from the Fry Instant Word List
•the second 100 words from the Fry Instant Word List
•the third 100 words from the Fry Instant Word List

I have these strips printed and laminated on card stock.  Each level of difficulty is a different color so I can keep track.  I use a simple count down/ count up timer.  The children time each other to see how many phrase/ sentence cards they can correctly read in a minute.  They love beating their own times, it's amazing!  Each time they practice, they are improving their reading fluency.  I use this center throughout the year and my students never get bored of it.  In addition, this is a great tool in tutoring, in pullout for students receiving literacy support as well as in after school programs.  This fun literacy center fosters repeated reading which gives students the needed practice of reading high-frequency words and developing fluency and proficiency which will boost comprehension.  

Click here to be linked to my TpT store where you will find this item.