Tools for Fluency & Vocabulary K-12

Tools for Fluency and Vocabulary for All

The most important idea to understand as a reading language arts teacher about fluency is that accuracy (in decoding) must precede fluency. Accuracy first. Then, fluency.
For struggling older students, a reading teacher must access a student's phonics understanding. Listed below are basic tools, websites and trusted resources. Visit my Stations Livebinder for trusted Quick Phonics Screeners by Dr. Hasbrouck and Dr. Moats. Look in the Reading Diagnostic Tools Tab.

Dr. Shanahan's Latest Blog on Improving Fluency in MS!
Reading Rockets FluencyJan Hasbrouck
Jan Habrouck and Jerry Tindal- Fluency Norms
Timothy Rasinski
For increasing fluency for 6-12, think about using poetry to increase fluency and comprehension.
- PoetryOutLoud

Great free app for fluency : Quick Voice

Reading Rockets Looking at Writing Series
Neuhaus Consumables Handwriting Fluency
Iowa Reading Research Center Sentence Fluency

Donna Scherr's Academic Vocabulary Livebinder
Academic Vocabulary TEA
Jim Burke- his Top Ten Academic Essentials are currently under construction. I have his work on my Academic Vocabulary in my Livebinder.
However, here is his Academic Vocabulary Word List
Jim Burke's Digital Textbook: Teaching English
The Academic Wordlist by Averil Coxhead
Kate Kinsella Academic Vocabulary
John Seidlitz and Kathleen Kenfield- 38 Great Academic Vocabulary Builders.
- Great strategies. I promise!

Apps that research states can help: Winters & Cheesman (2013) as quoted by Marcia Henry in the Spring 2017 Edition of Perspectives

Isabel Beck
Isabel Beck and Choosing the Right Words to Teach
Robert Marzano
Donna Scherr's Academic Vocabulary Livebinders has the 6 step research-based method for teaching words.

Instructional Materials that use these researchers for Older Students:

Effective Instruction for Middle School Students: The Reading Teacher's Sourcebook