Nonsense word fluency offers an effective approach to assessing phonics skills, encompassing decoding, blending, and overall reading fluency. It serves as a foundational skill that boosts oral reading fluency, a crucial element of proficient reading and comprehension.
Aligned with the Science of Reading, this activity is versatile and suitable for independent work, partner activities, homework, and differentiation. Engaging in nonsense word fluency exercises allows students to showcase their grasp of letter-sound correspondence and enhances their ability to blend unfamiliar words.
Proficiency in nonsense word fluency facilitates the decoding of unknown words within texts, thereby improving reading comprehension.
This resource includes 64 worksheets focused on nonsense word fluency. Students will engage in exercises that involve reading both real and nonsense words and filling in the missing words.
Skills included in this resource:
- Short a
- Nasalized A (am, an)
- Short i
- Short o
- Short u
- Short e
- Short Vowels (all)
- FLSZ Spelling Rule
- -all, -oll, -ull
- ck /k/
- sh /sh/
- th /th/ voiced
- th /th/ unvoiced
- ch /ch/
- wh /w/
- Digraphs Review
- ng
- nk
- L Blends
- S Blends
- R Blends
- Mixed Blends
- Ending Blends
- a_e /ā/
- i_e /ī/
- o_e /ō/
- e_e /ē/
- u_e /ū/, /yū/
- Long Vowels Review
- _ce /s/
- _ge /j/
- -es
- -ed /d/ /t/ /ed/
- -ing
- Compound Words
- tch /ch/
- dge /j/
- Long VCC: -ild, -old, -ind, -olt, -ost
- y /ī/
- y /ē/
- -le
- ar /ar/
- or /or/, ore /or/
- er /er/
- ur /er/
- ir /er/
- w+or /er/
- R Controlled Vowel
- Vowel Teams - ai / ay
- Vowel Teams - ee / ea/ ey
- Vowel Teams – oa/ow/oe /ō/
- Vowel Teams – ie/ igh /ī/
- Mixed Vowel Teams
- Other Vowel Teams - ew, ui, ue /ū/
- Other Vowel Teams - au, aw, augh /aw/
- Diphthongs - oi/ oy /oi/
- Diphthongs – ou/ow /ow/
- Mixed Diphthongs
- kn /n/
- wr /r/
- mb /m/
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