Primary Fluency Intervention

As teachers, we make sure our Kindergartners know all of their letters and all of their sounds, but we usually don't make sure our students are able to recall them quickly enough so that blending comes easily.  Last year, I analyzed our K-2 data very closely.  Our kids made great strides in being able to name all of their letters and recall all of the sounds.  But, I noticed their fluency rate was way below what the norm should be.  I needed to look into how to help our kids.  

According to research, children must be able to recite up to 50 letter sounds in one minute, in order to begin blending effectively. Although I found plenty of resources to help students with blending, there really wasn't much out there besides flashcards to help with letter name and letter sound recognition.  So, I put together a resource and a protocol for our teachers to follow. 

 This resource is designed to take 5 minutes each day during differentiated instruction.  It turned out to be very effective and extremely simple to incorporate.  The teacher reads each letter at the top.  The small group repeats.  Then, the students buddy read the letters to each other.  After, the teacher models the procedure, she sets the timer for one minute and the students buddy read through the chart for that one minute.  

At the end of the minute, the letter/sound count tracker on the side makes it very easy to determine how many sounds the child read.  Because of the age of the children, the teacher quickly writes down the LSCPM (Letter Sounds Correct Per Minute) on the Daily Tracker.  At the end of 2 weeks, the teacher provides an Ongoing Progress Monitoring Assessment based on the same letters the child focused on all week.  The results of this one-minute check are added to the child's OPM tracker, which is also provided.  

This resource ensures students are able to become great decoders, in just 5 minutes a day. 

Included in this 22-page resource:
* Detailed instructional routine
* Fluency table that chart monthly intervention goals
* 16 weeks of letter name/sound fluency activities
* Ongoing Progress Monitoring Tracker
* Letter Name Correct Per Minute Daily Tracker
* Letter Sound Correct Per Minute Daily Tracker

You can find the Primary Fluency Intervention in my TPT store here:  http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Primary-Fluency-Intervention-833609