One thing comes to mind, and someone may have mentioned this already, but for reading aloud practice I would be sure to give her text that was easy, at least a few levels below her independent reading level. Repeated oral readings of easy text might help her.
--- On Wed, 4/8/09, Jennifer Olimpieri <ojen...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: From: Jennifer Olimpieri <ojen...@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency Question To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 12:25 PM I have a student that reads well silently, her comprehension is fabulous, higher order thinker. However, when she reads orally, it is very choppy. I happen to be friends with her mother and she is frustrated because she has addressed this issue for the last couple of years and basically the school isn't doing anything anymore. The child is currently in fourth grade, received small group instruction is 2nd and 3rd grades and her mother also paid for her to have vision therapy. Nothing seems to help improve her fluency since it is not impacting her comprehension. Can anyone give me some suggestions on how I may help this child. --- On Tue, 4/7/09, Jennifer Hartkopf <jen7182...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Jennifer Hartkopf <jen7182...@yahoo.com> Subject: [MOSAIC] Reading Comprehension To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 10:27 AM Hi! My name is Jennifer and I am currently a student at Wayne State University. I recently read an article that I found to be true in the class that I did my pre-student teaching. A lot of students would read with fairly good fluency, but when confronted with comprehension and critical thinking questions they were unable to participate. Is this a problem in other classes and are there strategies/activities to try to overcome this? I would like to have strong readers as well as strong comprehenders in my classroom. Thanks! Jennifer Hartkopf _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
