Building Reading and Writing Fluency
This course covers research-backed strategies for improving reading and writing fluency through leveled grouping, targeted activities, and practical implementation.
Program Overview
Strategies for increasing reading and writing fluency are featured in this course, with an emphasis on implementing varied activities tailored to specific student levels. This course teaches you a grouping strategy based on the researched- support methods for grouping students by levels of spelling and provides station & activity ideas and support on 6 key areas for effective reading and writing. You will build a fluency plan specific to a set of student groups, design a resource to support your students, and analyze research highlighting the effectiveness of one or more methods of improving fluency that were taught within this course. Finally, an implementation plan will be completed for you to put the ideas from this course into practice.LEARN MORE & REGISTER
Duration
Approximately 15 hours
Access Time: 365 daysEstimated Tuition
$210
No additional materials requiredWays to Learn
Online
Credit
1 PDU
Graduate Level Professional Development CreditKey Features
100% Online | Earn graduate-level professional development credits for salary advancement
Fast & Convenient. Start Immediately & Work At Your Own Pace | Clear, Template-Based Course Format
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand fluency levels based on spelling and methods for grouping students
- Apply strategies to support fluency to various activities within phonics, word work, sight words, reading, and writing
- Build a fluency plan that supports a classroom
- Design a supporting resource that helps improve fluency based on one method within the course, and then plan for implementation of the resource alongside the fluency plan
- Analyze research that supports the use of strategies and activities to improve fluency, and examine how the research impacts the classroom
Course Topics:
- Strategic Grouping
- Phonics
- Word work
- Sight words
- Reading fluency
- Writing fluency
Putting it All Together - Completion and Submission of a reading and writing fluency stations plan aligned to specific needs for your planned student groups. An action plan template and a sample will be provided to you to assist you in completing this module.
Applying What You Have Learned - Compile all content ideas from the course and plan a series of action steps to describe implementation. A Final Implementation Planning Template will be provided to help you plan the critical components to consider for implementation, and to aid you in your final response which will also include a reflection and summary of the ideas in the course.
Earn your credit in 3 simple steps
Step 1
Register online.
Step 2
Complete the course.
Step 3
Receive credits and obtain an official transcript.
Resources
This course is offered through University of Massachusetts Global’s School of Extended Education in partnership with "Model Teaching"
What are Graduate-level Professional Development Credits?
Graduate-level professional development credits are not part of a degree program but instead are primarily used for professional advancement such as salary increment steps and recertification. Students should seek approval from appropriate district officials before enrolling in these courses.