Our Treasured Words

This year, we are implementing a new reading program, California Treasures Reading.  It is a very comprehensive program that I am adjusting to after many years of another reading series.  Along the way, I am tweaking and adding components which I feel meet the needs of my students.  One of the things that I am adding are Rapid Automatic Naming Boards; which I call Fluency Boards.  I first read about them here and used them successfully with my students all last year.


Here is how it works in my classroom.  
I create the Fluency Boards for the skills (letter(s) or high frequency words) we are learning.  In class, I project the Fluency Board and we quickly read it as part of our daily morning routines. Some days, we go over more than one Fluency Board.  This depends on our needs and time.   I also send the Fluency Board for homework.   On Friday, I use the homework Fluency Board to quickly check if they can read the words or letters.  I send home a quick note to parents about which need additional practice.

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Using these Fluency Boards has helped to keep me and my students accountable to our learning.  Since we practice these often, most children are successful.  For those who are not, I can meet with them during small group instruction to help close the gap in learning.



I love them!  Would you like a copy?  I created two sets; a teacher and parent version.  That is 30 weeks of Fluency Boards organized by Unit and Week.  Free just for you.

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Happy Teaching and Learning!

12 comments

  1. Thanks so much for sharing! We are always looking for ways to practice word recognition skills.
    ~Michelle
    FirstGradeBest

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  2. This is an amazing idea! Thank you for this and ALL of your great ideas. I appreciate your generosity!!

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  3. Thank you for sharing! We started using California Treasures this year too. I am planning on incorporating this in my morning routine.

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  4. This is a wonderful resource, and I am amazed that you are giving all of it away FREE! Good for you! I love the idea of reading it all daily with the class. I assume you must be projecting it.
    We don't use Treasures yet, but I'm sure we will get it soon. Our school district said that we don't have the money to adopt a new Language Arts series as of yet.
    Heidi

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  5. These are GREAT! Thank you for your generous freebie!

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  6. What a brilliant, fun, and engaging idea. Can't wait to send home the parent copies. Thanks so much.

    Sara

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  7. Those are JUST what I need! Thank you for sharing - Love your blog!

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  8. Awesome! I'm new to Treasures this year too. I've made the vocabulary hands-on activities for my 2nd graders, but I hadn't made it to the kinder activities besides a sight word PowerPoint we practice with every day. This will be a perfect addition to our word work. Thanks!

    Lisa
    The Lower Elementary Cottage

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  9. Thanks a lot for the word charts! This will help me to check my students when they reach their goaL.

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  10. Thank you for these wonderful fluency charts. We're at the CRUNCH point when parents are finally realizing their children should know these words, but don't. These are perfect for nightly reviews.

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  11. Thank you for sharing! and for FREE! I really do appreciate all of your ideas and time spent sharing.

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