Give Teachers and School Leaders the Resources to Build Fluency For All
Practical resources for teachers, literacy leaders, and administrators to understand fluency gaps, strengthen intervention, and help more students build automatic word recognition.
A Growing Literacy Gap
In education, a critical challenge unfolds as middle-grade students grapple with reading fluency issues linked to word recognition deficits. Compounding this issue, middle school teachers often lack traditional training in fundamental reading skills.
69%
of 4th grade students cannot read on grade level
33%
of students in grades 5-8 struggle with the foundations of reading
36%
of graduate programs utilize phonological awareness instruction
49%
of teachers are receiving additional training in phonics
Fluency Is Everyone’s Job
Educators need the right tools. School leaders need a clear understanding of what’s holding students back.
Reading fluency doesn’t happen automatically once students learn to decode. They also need opportunities to build automatic word recognition through systematic, structured practice.
The WordFlight Fluency Kit gives you practical resources to better understand the foundations of fluency, identify students who may need additional support, and create a stronger path from foundational reading skills to fluent reading.
The Resources to Make Fluency for All Possible
Make fluency a central part of your back-to-school strategy with the WordFlight Fluency Kit.
Whether you’re a teacher working directly with students or an administrator leading literacy improvement across your school or district, the Fluency Kit provides practical resources to help you understand and strengthen reading fluency.
Inside Your Fluency Kit, You’ll Find:
QUIZ
A quick and easy quiz to check your understanding of the foundations of reading fluency.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
Understand quiz results and spark deeper literacy conversations with teachers, instructional teams, and school leaders.
OBSERVATION CHECKLIST: Grades 2-6
Educator observation checklists to help identify students who may be struggling to develop automatic word recognition.
OBSERVATION CHECKLIST: Grades 4-8
Educator observation checklists to help identify students who may be struggling to develop automatic word recognition.
Expanding the Science of Reading: The Critical Role of Varied Practice
Discover six research-based principles that make practice more powerful—and learn how to apply them to help students bridge the gap between decoding and reading fluency.
Case Study
95% Reading
Proficiency in One Year
A practical example of how data, instructional support, and purposeful practice can work together to accelerate reading outcomes.
Explore how Albert City-Truesdale Elementary combined WordFlight data with strong teacher support to pinpoint specific gaps and move students toward the national proficiency target of 95%.
Make Fluency for All Possible This Year with WordFlight.
If your current reading interventions aren’t helping enough students reach fluency, this is the year to try a different approach.
WordFlight gives struggling readers the systematic practice they need to build automatic word recognition and reach fluency, while giving you the resources and data to identify student needs, strengthen intervention, and improve fluency outcomes for all students.
Take the Next Step in Creating Fluent Readers
Bring Fluency Support to Your School or District
WordFlight Fluency Innovator Grants are now open.
Grantees receive a fully funded semester of WordFlight, plus implementation support and professional learning to help developing readers build skills they need for fluent reading.
