Fox Words - A great way to practice fluency with the 1st Grade Treasures program!

Fox Words - 1st Grade Fluency Practice

Last year I made "Fluency" pages for each unit in our Treasures program to help students practice the new phonics and high frequency words each week.  I attached them to my homework packet.  I knew some parents would hang these on the fridge and practice with their students nightly, but something inside me tells me most pages were just tossed to the side.  Urgh! 

Not very cute, huh!?  But I had REALLY good intentions!

Last summer, I found another version of the practice pages...with some accountability in it...that the amazing gals at Made for 1st Grade created.  (By the way, I absolutely LOVE their site....and have bought several - if not all - of their products.  They have amazing ideas that I've used in my class that I'll share later.)  I made my own version using the Macmillan/McGraw Treasures words, calling them "Fox Words," and using a cute little fox clipart.  The goal is for students to be "Smart as a Fox!"  Cute, eh?  I wish I could have used Diane and Kelly's version.  It sure would have been a TON easier, but our district uses a different program.  Here it is...

     Much more organized...a little bit "cuter"!  

The main difference is that the directions clearly call for practicing the words four nights a week.  The student is timed and records the time for each day.  Of course, their goal is to improve their Day 1 time by the last day.  I'm going to have students turn this page in on Friday with their usual homework.  

The words are a combination of the current weekly spelling pattern and high frequency words, and review words.

You can check them out here on my TPT store as well.  ;)

Hope you're enjoying your break!