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Fluency &
Round Robin/Popcorn Reading
Fluency
Fluency is defined as the ability to read with speed, accuracy, and proper expression.
In order to understand what they read, children must be able to read fluently whether they are reading aloud or silently.
When reading aloud, fluent readers read in phrases and add intonation appropriately. Their reading is smooth and has expression.
What is fluency
What do you know about Fluency ?
Take a minute to write what you know down.
What you know
Importance
Importance
Whether our learners read haltingly, stumble over words, or read without expression, comprehension suffers.
Better fluency leads to greater understanding.
What are the alternatives
Why its not effective
Stigmatizes poor readers. Imagine the terror that English-language learners and struggling readers face when made to read in front of an entire class.
Weakens comprehension. Listening to a peer orally read too slowly, too fast, or too haltingly weakens learners' comprehension -- a problem exacerbated by turn-taking interruptions.
Sabotages fluency and pronunciation. Struggling readers model poor fluency skills and pronunciation. When instructors correct errors, fluency is further compromised.
Choral Reading
The teacher and class read a passage aloud together, minimizing struggling readers' public exposure. In a 2011 study of over a hundred sixth graders (PDF, 232KB), David Paige found that 16 minutes of whole-class choral reading per week enhanced decoding and fluency. In another version, every time the instructor omits a word during her oral reading, students say the word all together.
Choral Reading
Partner Reading
Two-person student teams alternate reading aloud, switching each time there is a new paragraph. Or they can read each section at the same time.
Partner Reading
pals
Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) pair strong and weak readers who take turns reading, re-reading, and retelling.
pals
Silent reading
For added scaffolding, frontload silent individual reading with vocabulary instruction, a plot overview, an anticipation guide, or KWL+ activity.
Silent reading
Teacher read aloud
This activity, says Julie Adams of Adams Educational Consulting, is "perhaps one of the most effective methods for improving student fluency and comprehension, as the teacher is the expert in reading the text and models how a skilled reader reads using appropriate pacing and prosody (inflection)." Playing an audiobook achieves similar results.
Teacher read aloud
Echo Reading
Students "echo" back what the teacher reads, mimicking her pacing and inflections.
Echo Reading
shared reading/modeling
By reading aloud while students follow along in their own books, the instructor models fluency, pausing occasionally to demonstrate comprehension strategies.
shared reading/modeling
the crazy professor reading game
Buddy reading
Kids practice orally reading a text in preparation for reading to an assigned buddy in an earlier grade.
Buddy reading
timed repeat readings
This activity can aid fluency, according to literacy professors Katherine Hilden and Jennifer Jones. After an instructor reads (with expression) a short text selection appropriate to students' reading level (90-95 percent accuracy), learners read the passage silently, then again loudly, quickly, and dynamically. Another kid graphs the times and errors so that children can track their growth.
timed repeat readings
fori
With Fluency-Oriented Reading Instruction (FORI), primary students read the same section of a text many times over the course of a week. Here are the steps:
The teacher reads aloud while students follow along in their books.
Students echo read.
Students choral read.
Students partner read.
The text is taken home if more practice is required, and extension activities can be integrated during the week.
in your groups...
Each person should share the following:
-Which alternative to popcorn reading you like best and why
-Which alternative you are not a fan of and why.
in your groups...
Group Project
In your groups you will become experts on your specific literacy topic. You will create a presentation that will be under 10 minutes and then you will present your information to the whole class. This can be a prezi, power point, etc. You will want to include the importance of your Literacy topic and all of the necessary content details. You need to include a activity of some sort to engage the class. Lastly, you will do a quick reflection of your role in your group as well as each group members role.
10- Actual Presentation (All important content is shared)
10- Engagement (All students are involved and engaged in some way)
5- Reflection on group and your role in the group (no longer than a page double spaced, sharing your contribution and any concerns that you may have regarding other students)
Total: 25 points
Your group needs to submit your groups presentation link to the discussion board that says, Jigsaw by 8:00 am on 10/18. That way links are available and ready for presentations.