Primary Fluency Review: Putting It All Together

Use phrasing, punctuation, pace, and expression together in one reading.

Now you can use all your fluency tools at once. Read this short story: 'Kai opened the gift. Inside was a puppy! "Is it mine?" he asked. Mom smiled and said, "Yes, it is." ' Stop at each period. Let your voice jump with excitement at 'puppy!

' Lift your voice for Kai's question. Use a calm, warm voice for Mom. Keep a just-right speed, and if a word trips you up, fix it and reread. Then read the whole story again. Notice how much smoother and more fun it sounds the second time.

• 1Use punctuation to guide your voice.
• 2Keep a just-right pace and read in phrases.
• 3Fix mistakes, then reread to get smoother.