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Reading Fluency Feedback Cards

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Reading Fluency Feedback Cards

Work with a partner. Take turns reading the passage aloud and listening. Use the feedback cards and questions to give one specific compliment and one helpful next step. Be kind, honest and specific.

Passage: The Windy-Day Kite

The wind tugged at Mason’s jacket as she carried her bright red kite to the oval. Her brother Hudson held the string spool. “Ready?” he called. Mason ran across the grass, but the kite dipped and skidded along the ground. They stopped to check it. One corner of the tail had come loose. Hudson tied it back on while Mason held the kite steady. This time, a gust lifted the kite above the trees. Mason let out more string, slowly. The kite bobbed, swooped and climbed. “It’s dancing!” she laughed. When the wind began to fade, they wound the string in carefully and carried the kite home.

Glow cards: What worked well?

Choose the feedback that best matches what you heard. Give a detail from the passage to support your choice.

1.Your partner paused at the full stop after “They stopped to check it” before continuing. Which glow card fits best?
  • You paused at punctuation to make the ideas clear.
  • You read every sentence in one breath.
  • You rushed through the tricky words.
2.The reader made “dipped” sound like the kite was suddenly falling. What did the reader do well?
3.Your partner misreads “carefully”, notices it does not sound right, and tries the word again correctly. Which feedback is most useful?
  • You noticed the mistake and corrected it yourself.
  • You should read the whole passage faster.
  • You did not make any mistakes.

Grow cards: Choose a helpful next step

A useful next step is kind, specific and something the reader can try.

4.The reader said “It’s dancing!” in a flat voice, even though Mason is laughing. Write one helpful next-step card about expression.
5.A reader races through “Mason let out more string, slowly” and the listener misses what Mason does. What is the best next step?
  • Slow down a little at important actions so the listener can follow.
  • Make every word louder.
  • Skip the sentence next time.
6.The reader keeps stopping at commas and full stops, but reads “bobbed, swooped and climbed” as one smooth phrase. True or false: the reader is using both pauses and phrasing to support fluency.
TrueFalse

Reflection cards

Think about what you heard and how feedback can help a reader.

7.Complete the feedback card with a specific glow: “Your reading helped me picture because .”
8.Write one encouraging grow card for a reader who sometimes rushes and sometimes reads smoothly. Include a practical next step.
9.Which detail from the passage would you choose to read with the most excitement, and what voice change would help show that feeling?

2 printable pages

  • Reading Fluency Feedback Cards, page 1 of 2: Passage: The Windy-Day Kite, Glow cards: What worked well?

    Page 1

  • Reading Fluency Feedback Cards, page 2 of 2: Grow cards: Choose a helpful next step, Reflection cards

    Page 2

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