What do you do when your students are proficient in basic decoding skills (Nonsense Word Fluency) but aren't yet reading grade level text accurately or fluently? In this episode, we discuss ideas on how to strengthen Oral Reading Fluency skills with practical strategies to boost accuracy, pacing and expression. This episode highlights engaging activities that move students from word-by-word reading to fluent, confident performance.

Nonsense Word Fluency highlights how well students apply phonics skills to decode unfamiliar words. This episode will show you how to use Acadience data to target instruction and build accuracy and automaticity with blending simple CVC words. Walk away with engaging activities and routines to strengthen blending, decoding and fluency students can transfer these skills to reading texts.

For video version of this episode and additional resources/ handouts, please check out the UCDSB Professional Learning Staff Portal, Pathway: Teaching and Learning > Assessments >ACADIENCE > Acadience- Teacher moves by measure

Do your Acadience screening results reveal gaps in students' phonemic awareness skills? Tune in to this microlearning session to learn how to use your Acadience data to pinpoint needs, match activities to skill gaps and monitor growth effectively. Walk away with ready to use strategies and resources that will help your students build the strong phonological foundation needed for reading success.

Resources mentioned

https://onlit.org/resource/embedded-picture-mnemonics-print-files/

https://onlit.org/resource/onlit-embedded-picture-mnemonic-grids-ufli-aligned/

See UCDSB Teaching & Learning Teams page pathway: Teaching & Learning ->Assessments-> Acadience for handouts and video recordings