Key Stage 2 fluency resources from Scholastic

Daily Word Ladders for Fluency

Children climb to new heights in reading and writing with these engaging word-building games! Working from the starting word at the bottom, children read clues on each rung, then change and rearrange letters to create words until they reach the top. All the while, they’re boosting decoding and spelling skills, broadening vocabulary, and becoming better, more fluent readers.

Written by Timothy Rasinski, professor of literacy education at Kent State University and director of its award winning reading clinic, this book contains over 80 photocopiable activities, perfect for use in the classroom or at home.

Short Reads

Develop comprehension skills with challenging close reading on exciting fiction and non-fiction topics. Graded by Lexile Level, each Short Reads box contains six sets of 40 themed group reading cards to share with your pupils.

• Challenging fiction and non-fiction topics for children to explore and explain.
• Motivate the whole class with snappy, fast reads and high-interest topics.
• Build writing skills with ‘Write about Reading’ tasks.
• Ideal for group reading sessions and independent reading.
• Develop close reading skills with finely-levelled texts matched to children’s reading levels.

PM Reading

PM is the largest and most finely levelled reading programme in the UK, with a pedagogically sound, proven approach to making every child a successful, balanced reader.

The PM collection contains over 1,000 carefully levelled fiction and non-fiction texts, organised by series strand and by colour band. Ideal for shared, guided and independent reading, PM can be easily implemented across the whole school or class, or simply used to top up reading resources.

Connectors

Connectors is a groundbreaking reciprocal reading series for peer-to-peer learning: an ideal way to make the most of your Pupil Premium for disadvantaged learners.

• Narrow the attainment gap, named as a key priority by the Department for Education.
• Make guided reading time as effective as possible.
• Improve literacy, leadership skills and metacognition.
• Spark curiosity and debate.
• Improve motivation and behaviour.
• Include every learner.
• Obtain high-impact benefits for low costs

Striders

Striders are a collection of 32 carefully structured high-low decodable books for striving readers ages 7+. Having identified an obvious need for phonics help for children beyond age 7 via our research into the teaching of reading, we have created this series to include age-appropriate themes and content while still being phonically decodable.