FluentZoo
What is FluentZoo?
FluentZoo helps children become confident, expressive readers through short, structured fluency sessions.
Each PowerPoint lesson is fully resourced and ready to teach — just open and go.
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No planning needed — ready-to-teach sessions
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Engaging texts — specially-written playscripts, stories and poems
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Proven fluency techniques — teacher modelling, echo reading, paired reading, reader's theatre and choral reading
Why fluency matters
Fluency is the bridge between phonics and comprehension
Once children can decode, they still benefit from structured practice to read with accuracy, expression and confidence. Fluent readers understand more, enjoy reading more, and make faster progress across the curriculum.
​Short, focused sessions of reading fluency work can:
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Build automaticity and reading skill
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Strengthen prosody (rhythm, phrasing and expression)
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Support comprehension
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Boost confidence for all readers
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Help children to see reading as a fun, collaborative activity
How FluentZoo works...
Simple sessions. Big impact.
FluentZoo sessions combine teacher-modelling, repeated reading and the chance to prepare a text to perform — all effective ways of developing fluency, as well as being lots of fun.
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Consistent lesson structure
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Clear adult modelling
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Repeated reading opportunities
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Whole-class engagement
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Performance to build confidence and prosody
Shorter Sessions
Fluency Bursts: quick, fun fluency warm-ups
Alongside the 40 full text-based sessions, FluentZoo includes 135 5-minute Fluency Bursts that pupils love.
These short, interactive, joyful activities build accuracy and confidence without adding to teacher workload, giving children the chance to practice key areas of fluency such as:
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reading words and phrases quickly and accurately at a glance
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reading clearly with confidence
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adding emphasis to reflect the meaning of a text
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capturing the mood and tone of a text with their voice
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reading with feeling and emotion
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reading in character
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using punctuation and other clues to unlock meaning
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decoding complicated, multisyllabic words
Reading Leader, Cumbria
“Five stars – Interactive, enjoyable and we’ve seen the children grow in confidence and reading skill in just a few sessions!”
Y4 Teacher, Liverpool
“FluentZoo is so easy to use! The resources are brilliant and they’re ready to pick up and use. Everything is prepared for you.”
English Leader, Coventry
“Was lovely for the children to work together as a whole class. They loved going back to a text and reading it again, adding expression to their reading.”
100% of our trial schools found FluentZoo had a good or extremely good impact on their children’s reading.
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100% of children in the trials really enjoyed or loved taking part in FluentZoo sessions.
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100% of our trial schools rated FluentZoo as good or excellent and 100% would recommend to other teachers.
Everything you need to start developing reading fluency
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What’s Inside the Programme
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40 text-based fluency sessions, ready for the interactive whiteboard
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135 short fluency bursts, each targeting a specific fluency skill
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Four-stage progression to support steady, structured development
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High-Quality Teaching Materials
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Engaging playscripts, stories and poems
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Printable resource sheets for selected activities
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Teacher notes embedded in every presentation
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Easy to Use in Any Classroom
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Ready to use right away — no planning needed
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Designed for whole-class teaching or targeted group work
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Fits alongside any phonics or reading scheme