How to Improve Fluency with “Scoop It” Phrasing Task Cards

Phrasing is a large component of oral reading fluency and is directly linked to comprehension and overall reading proficiency. Students who read word by word often have difficulty with reading comprehension, but luckily there are many interventions and resources that can help!

“SCOOP IT” TASK CARDS

“Scoop It” fluency task cards are an effective tool for improving phrasing. With these fun and engaging task cards, students learn to “scoop” up words into meaningful phrases. Your choppy readers will become smooth readers as they learn to read sentences using appropriate phrasing.

There are eight sets of task cards in the series. Each one targets specific common phonics patterns and increases in complexity. Set 1 starts off with pre-primer words and basic CVC word patterns. Each set increases in difficulty. By Set 8, your students will be interacting with multi-syllable words and complex vowel patterns. Focus on one set to practice and review specific phonics patterns or integrate multiple task card sets to differentiate your practice and instruction.

There are two formats of task cards within each set. The task cards with scoop lines are perfect for students to practice reading with phrasing, following the scoop lines with their fingers as they read. The task cards without scoop lines are helpful for students who need practice with identifying appropriate phrases within a sentence. If you laminate the cards, students can draw in the scoop lines (using dry-erase markers) and can practice grouping the different words together.

IDEAS FOR USING TASK CARDS

These task card sets can be used to review, practice, or assess phrasing in many ways. Use them at the beginning of the year to review fluency or use them to reinforce and practice fluency skills during a fluency unit. They can be used as a quick phrasing “pulse check” throughout the year or you can use them as a targeted intervention for students who struggle with phrasing.

Additional Ideas:

Literacy Centers
Morning Work
Fast Finishers
Small Group Warm-Up
Parent Helper Activity
Sub Activity
Peer Tutoring

ASSESSMENT TOOL

“Scoop It” task cards can be used as an informal assessment and progress monitoring tool throughout the year. Included with each set of task cards is a teacher recording sheet that be used to record and track a student’s sentence phrasing. Use the task cards as “pulse checks” to see where your students are at with their phrasing skills during 1:1 conferences or small groups. A student reflection task card is also included for students to self-assess their fluency skills.

PRINT + DIGITAL

“Scoop It” task cards are available in both a print (pdf) or digital (Google Slides) format. If you tutor online, teach remotely, or use 1:1 devices, the digital task cards are a wonderful option. You can easily assign the task cards in Google Classroom or SeeSaw for the students to complete independently, or you can present each slide for your students to read and complete with you!

ARE YOU READY TO SCOOP THEM UP?

“Scoop It” task cards are easy to use and are perfect tool for reviewing, practicing, and assessing fluency throughout the year! The complete collection is listed below and available in my shop. There is also a “Scoop It” Fluency Phrasing Task Card Bundle if you’re interested in grabbing all the sets at once and at a discounted price.