Fluency+Practice

= Practice = Fluency is the ability to read text accurately at a consistent pace with intonation and expression AND the ability to comprehend what is being read. Fluency provides a bridge between word recognition and comprehension. Fluent readers recognize words and comprehend at the same time. Practice in fluency can be accomplished through:

Whole Group

 * choral reading of poetry
 * echo reading with teacher

Small Group

 * readers' theater
 * paired reading

Independent
= = = [|IS Resources] = Partner poems for building fluency by Bobbie Katz - 372.41 KAT Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency: Thinking, Talking, and Writing about Reading by Irene Fountas – 372.47 FOU 3-minute Reading Assessments: Word Recognition, Fluency, and Comprehension, Grades 5-8 by Timothy Rasinski – 372.4 RAS A Using Guided Reading to Strengthen Students' Reading Skills at the Fluent Level (Grades 1-3) - Bureau of Education and Research, 2002 - 15358-2 = = = Web Resources = http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4367 5 surefire strategies for developing reading fluency http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/fluency.html Discusses "direct" and "indirect" approaches to building fluency http://www.gamequarium.com/readquarium/booksonline.html Fluency activities http://www.readingrockets.org/helping/target/fluency Provides child perspective "What this feels like to me." http://www.timrasinski.com Professor at Kent State University, author of "The Fluent Reader"
 * books on tape
 * podcast or other student recording
 * Books**
 * Videos**