Fluency. A dreaded word at times. But here’s a super fun way to practice your phonics pattern as well as reading sentences. Grab dice (I use both these small foam dice or these large foam dice-affiliate links) roll it, pick a sentence, read it to a partner, & color it!
Whatever pattern we are working on, we take 3-5 minutes each morning to read to our neighbors. Sometimes it gets loud, but that’s why I have the foam dice (affiliate link).
We work in partners and take turns. This way, we can listen to each other and help each other out when we get stuck.My kids eat it up and I LOVE hearing them read! They have a little fun too, because who doesn’t want to roll a dice, read a silly sentence, and use crayons to color highlight words!
Sometimes I put it up on the interactive board and we work together to find all the words that have our phonics pattern before we start rolling with our partners (as you can see, this one below had a lot of different patterns, so we highlighted each pattern in a different color).
I was very intentional about making each page complete with short sentences instead of just words. I noticed my students needing more practice in reading simple sentences, using the phonics skills in context and not just isolated words with the phonics pattern.
If you want to check out my full pack of Roll & Reads, click here. In the bundle, there are 186 different pages that focus on the different sound/spelling patterns we study in first grade. These can easily be used in kindergarten and second grade as well.
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yolanda says
This will be a great tool to teach my ELL’s. I always have a hard time finding good activities. My students will love it.
Adriana Reyes says
I love it! I have a special needs that has a difficult articulating sentences. I think this will help a lot. Do you still sell this page? I will be homeschooling my boy this coming year????
Jen says
Yes I do! This is my favorite product I’ve ever made 😉 You can find it in my store shopsparklinginsecond.com
Julianne Regan says
This looks fabulous! it is so great to see wonderful ideas from the other side of the world. I am a teacher from Australia. I will check out your store. Thanks
Di H says
My literacy intervention groups would love the reading fluency sheets. I’m always ready to throw a new idea to these kids to keep them on track and motivated. Brilliant idea and I hope my students get the chance to be inspired by them.
Jen says
I like to use these with my intervention babies too! They love it and they don’t even think they are practicing 😉
Katie Schild says
This will be my first year teaching second grade after moving from Kindergarten! This looks like a great resource that can be used in whole group, partners, or even individually. Reading and fluency is so important for all grade levels and ages!
Jen says
Have the best time in first! I think you’ll like going up and these Roll & Reads are PERFECT for little firsties!
Betty kelly says
This would be a Great addition to my fluency tool kit! This was an area our first grade team focused on last year and this would be yet another fun tool to use to enhance fluency:)
Flora says
I would love to have this for my English Language Learners. It is perfect for them. This will also boost up their confidence. I am hoping to get it for them.
Jen says
It’s so great for ELLs 🙂 You can try a freebie here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fluency-Sentences-Roll-Read-FREEBIE-2715397
Brenda Simpson says
This would be a great game/ learning tool for my students.
Maria Figueroa says
I am a teacher in Orlando, Florida. Haven’t been teaching long but my passion for teaching grows daily. I’m always trying to improve myself so that my babies have a great time learning and desire to reach higher potentials. If they succeed, then I do too. Thank you for all your creative ideas. They give me hope for a better tomorrow.
Jen says
That is so sweet of you! We need passionate teachers!