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Fluency Passages for Early Readers

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As kids learn letters, sounds, phonics patterns, and sight words, they really start to unlock reading. However, knowing how to decode words and reading fluently are two different things. This Fluency Passages for Early Readers bundle pack works on combining word recognition and fluency to build up your early readers’ skills!

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Build word family and sight word fluency with these 85 fluency passages for early readers. They're perfect for Kindergarten!

Fluency Passages for Early Readers BUNDLE

With a focus on CVC word families, CVCe word families, and sight words, these story passages and fluency phrases are perfect for your early readers and will build up their confidence too!

Ready for the best part? This bundle pack includes “Digital Ease” versions for distance learning, where you can choose which word family to upload/assign directly in Seesaw™, Google Classroom™, etc!

Are you excited yet? Here’s a look at the fun and engaging fluency passages included in this bundle pack!

CVC Word Family Passages

These 23 CVC fluency passages for early readers are my favorite to use with my beginning readers because they really help them realize, “Hey, I can read!”

The focus on short vowel word families (which we work really hard on) is a great confidence builder.

Plus, they get to illustrate the story after they read it! This really adds a layer of building comprehension, as you can see if their illustration matches the story.

This bundle includes 23 CVC fluency passages that focus on short vowel word families.

There are 23 CVC word families included –

short a: -at, -am, -ap, -an, -ag, -ad
short e: -et, -en, -ed
short i: -it, -in, -ip, -ig, -id,
short o: -ot, -op, -ob, -og
short u: -un, -ub, -um, -ug, -ut

There is a box to illustrate the passage which builds comprehension and is so fun!

CVC Fluency Phrase Pages

The 23 CVC fluency phrases are a great extension to the stories, or can be used for quick practice, partner reading, take home practice – the possibilities are endless!

Mixing sight words and CVC words, along with different punctuation, helps students read fluently and with expression.

The bundle includes 23 CVC fluency phrases that promote fluency with expression.

The same 23 CVC word families are included in both the phrases and the short story passages.

I like to have my students underline the word family chunk as well. This helps them identify patterns in words, which in turn helps them with their spelling.

The students can underline the word family chunk to help identify CVC patterns in the phrases.

CVCe Word Family Passages

After we have mastered CVC words, we are ready to tackle the beginning of long vowels with CVCe words!

These 18 CVCe word family fluency passages for early readers are in the same format as the CVC passages. The kids read the stories and then illustrate them to show their understanding.

The following word families are represented for the CVCe stories –

-ace, -ave, -ale, -ame, -ade, -ape, -ake, -ate, -ice, -ide, -ike, -ine,
-ite, -ile, -ole, -ope, -ose, -one, -oke, -ote, -ute, -ule, -une, -ude

The bundle includes18 CVCe word family fluency passages to help tackle those tricky long vowels.

CVCe Fluency Phrase Pages

We continue building up knowledge of long vowels with 21 CVCe fluency phrases. The same word families are included here as are in the passages, making them fit very well together.

Again, I often have my students underline the chunk to show they are understanding the concept of a word family.

Students can underline the word family chunk to show they are understanding the CVCe repeating pattern.

Ways to Use the Fluency Passages

You can use the fluency passages one at a time and send them home, or use them in small groups, whole groups, for partner reading – whatever works best for you!

I like to store them in a binder or folder and let my kids practice them during “read to self” or “Daily 5” time. Then, we take them home later.

Grab Your Copy of the Fluency Passages for Early Readers

You can grab all 85 pages of word family fluency passages by clicking the large, yellow button at the end of the post!

The CVC pack and CVCe pack are available to buy separately but I love seeing the growth in students when these resources are used together throughout the year!

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Alex is a Transitional Kindergarten teacher with a passion for making learning fun and engaging. She's earned a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education, and Masters Degrees in Special Education and Curriculum Design. Alex is a former night owl turned early bird and playful learning enthusiast. Alex lives with her husband and their beloved and high-energy cat, Fitz.
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  1. Elizmari

    May 11, 2018 at 10:36 am

    I love this thanks sure this will help alot

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    • Mandy

      May 11, 2018 at 2:37 pm

      Hi Elizmari,
      We are happy to hear the fluency passages will help! Have a great rest of the school year!

      Reply
  2. Michelle C.Cabibil

    February 19, 2018 at 7:55 pm

    Nice one for my daughter

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    • Mandy

      February 20, 2018 at 1:36 pm

      We are so happy to hear, Michelle! We hope you and your daughter enjoy the fluency passages!

      Reply
  3. Addie Sum

    September 8, 2016 at 4:47 pm

    Can I know how if I want to buy this set of books,where can I get it? And roughly how much is the price?

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    • Alex

      September 8, 2016 at 6:44 pm

      Hi there Addie! The link is right above in the post underneath “Get the Fluency Passages” and will take you right to the options for purchase. Hope that’s helpful and thanks for your interest! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Ana

    July 14, 2016 at 2:06 pm

    Excellent site. Thanks for your material.

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    • Alex

      July 14, 2016 at 7:39 pm

      Thanks so much Ana – glad you are able to find what you need!

      Reply

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