The Megabook of Fluency

All the latest research on fluency plus dozens of practical lessons and ready-to-use fluency-priming tools, including partner poems, word ladders, and more!

Fluency expert Timothy V. Rasinski teams up with Melissa Cheesman Smith, a veteran fifth grade teacher, to help teachers effectively weave fluency work into their daily reading instruction. The book is packed with engaging text and tools, an assessment scale, and high quality ready-to-use lessons including text phrasing and tonality, echo reading, word ladders, and more! Given the importance of fluency― and its pivotal relationship to comprehension and word recognition―the potential is high for improving students' overall reading achievement, and their performance in other content areas.

Timothy Rasinski, professor emeritus at Kent State University, is a leading expert in reading fluency with over 250 articles and 50+ books to his name, including The Fluent Reader and The Megabook of Fluency. His research has been widely published and cited by major literacy organizations, earning him numerous accolades, including induction into the International Reading Hall of Fame and recognition as one of the world’s top 2% of scientists. A former classroom teacher, Rasinski brings decades of experience to his work supporting struggling readers.

Melissa Cheesman Smith is an experienced elementary educator, teacher mentor, and author of over a dozen literacy books, including The Megabook of Fluency and Daily Word Ladders series, co-authored with Timothy Rasinski. She holds a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction, has taught college-level literacy courses, and presents nationally on fluency, vocabulary, writing, and teacher development.