Lesson footage
Reading rigour in reception (opens in a new tab)
Research Schools Network · Foundation · UK
Repeated reading and language learning opportunities in a Reception class (the first year of school).
FreeOpens at researchschool.org.uk
Literacy
Reading fluency
How accurate word reading becomes smooth and expressive, at a pace that leaves attention free for meaning. I've gathered short classroom videos of echo, paired and modelled fluent reading, with webinars and reading on repeated reading and fluency intervention in the middle and upper primary years.
Practices in this area:Repeated readingEcho and choral readingPaired readingModelled fluent readingText marking for phrasing
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Lesson footage
Fluency: Echo reading (opens in a new tab)
Research Schools Network · UK
A short clip of echo reading, where pupils repeat text after a fluent model, with prompts on training staff to model fluent reading and using the routine across subjects.
FreeOpens at researchschool.org.uk
Lesson footage
Fluency: Paired reading (opens in a new tab)
Research Schools Network · UK
A short clip of paired reading in action, with reflection questions on choosing texts for repeated reading, classroom routines and the adult's role in giving feedback.
FreeOpens at researchschool.org.uk
Lesson footage
Fluency: Text marking (opens in a new tab)
Research Schools Network · UK
Text marking used to teach phrased reading in a primary classroom.
FreeOpens at researchschool.org.uk
Lesson footage
Fluency: Modelled fluent reading (opens in a new tab)
Research Schools Network · UK
A teacher models fluent reading as part of guided oral reading.
FreeOpens at researchschool.org.uk
Lesson footage
Repeated reading as an intervention in Year 3 (opens in a new tab)
Research Schools Network · Year 3 · UK
Repeated reading used as a fluency intervention in Year 3.
FreeOpens at researchschool.org.uk
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Webinar
How do you listen to your students read? (opens in a new tab)
Think Forward Educators, with Karen Woods, Templestowe Heights Primary School · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Karen Woods explains how she hears students read without benchmarking kits, moving from book groups to shared, choral and paired reading, with the classroom norms that make it work.
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Talk
Fluency: The misunderstood middle child of the Big 5 (opens in a new tab)
Five from Five, with Jennifer Buckingham · 45 minutes · 2020 · Australia
Dr Jennifer Buckingham explains what reading fluency is, how to teach it and how to assess it using evidence-based methods.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
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Reading success in 3 to 6
S7 E2 The Top 5 Ways to Ensure Reading Success in Years 3 to 6 (opens in a new tab)
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer shares five evidence-informed moves for reading in Years 3 to 6, including language-rich talk, explicit code knowledge, partner reading and careful text selection.
FreeOpens at buzzsprout.com
An EEF panel including Tim Rasinski discusses the evidence on why fluency matters in teaching children to read and how to develop it.
FreeOpens at evidenceintoaction.podbean.com
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FASE Reading Isn't Popcorn Reading (opens in a new tab)
Teach Like a Champion · Substack · 2026 · USA
Explains how teacher-led oral reading, planned and supported well, builds fluency without the anxiety of popcorn reading, including ways to support struggling readers in short bursts of text.
FreeOpens at teachlikeachamp.substack.com
Next Level Reading Lesson Design (opens in a new tab)
Doug Lemov (Doug Lemov's Field Notes) · Substack · 2026 · USA
Lemov shares highlights from a Year 3 teacher's unit on the novel Stone Fox, showing how shared reading, fluency, vocabulary and writing prompts are planned into lessons built around a whole text.
FreeOpens at douglemov.substack.com
How do you listen to your students read? (opens in a new tab)
Karen Woods, Journal of Think Forward Educators · Journal article (PDF) · 2024 · Australia
Karen Woods answers a common question from schools that have dropped benchmarking, namely how to listen to students read and what to look for.
Opens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Re-Centering the Text (opens in a new tab)
Doug Lemov (Doug Lemov's Field Notes) · Substack · 2026 · USA
Lemov explains the idea of re-centring the text, reading together in class from the same book, and why it builds attention, fluency and shared meaning when technology competes for students' focus.
FreeOpens at douglemov.substack.com
The Power of Prosody (opens in a new tab)
Jen O'Sullivan · Substack · 2025 · International
An explainer on prosody, the rhythm, stress and intonation of reading aloud, and how it signals understanding, with practical ideas for modelling and practising expressive reading.
FreeOpens at readwritejen.substack.com
The Problem of Comprehension (opens in a new tab)
Mark R. Shinn · Substack · 2026 · USA
A long defence of oral reading fluency measures as a screening and progress monitoring tool, answering the common worry that they ignore comprehension.
FreeOpens at markrshinnphd.substack.com
Fluency (opens in a new tab)
Five from Five · Guide · Australia
Five from Five's teacher guide to reading fluency, how it links decoding to comprehension, and how to build and assess it.
FreeOpens at fivefromfive.com.au
From Stilted to Smooth: A Practical Approach to Teaching Prosody (opens in a new tab)
Teach Like a Champion · Substack · 2026 · USA
Practical moves for teaching prosody, including modelling, phrasing and attending to punctuation, so students move from accurate but effortful reading to reading that sounds like language, including in nonfiction.
FreeOpens at teachlikeachamp.substack.com
How Jaime Johnson’s Shared Reading Leads to Vibrant Discussion (opens in a new tab)
Doug Lemov (Doug Lemov's Field Notes) · Substack · 2026 · USA
Lemov shows how shared oral reading of a whole book frees students' working memory for discussion, using classroom video to illustrate how reading together leads to richer conversation.
FreeOpens at douglemov.substack.com
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Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4 to 9 (opens in a new tab)
What Works Clearinghouse · Practice guide · USA
A What Works Clearinghouse practice guide on reading interventions for students in the upper primary and lower secondary years. One for leaders planning support for older struggling readers.
FreeOpens at ies.ed.gov