I've just been working with our literacy EAs and my Title 1 EAs on fluency. The feature article in this month's Reading Teacher , although focused on 1-minute fluency timings, does a good job on understanding how to improve true fluency! I do use SOAR to Success for K-2, Read Naturally, and Reading Rewards in our Title program. There are strengths in all these programs. I agree that a small group of intensive intervention students benefit from them. In using Reading Rewards, we have the most success by coupling that direct-model instruction with readers' theater. Finding books that hook the upper elementary struggling reader is critical to fluency and especially making life-long readers. So, we keep working on as many ways to get kids reading as we can find and get teachers to use in the classroom, while targeting intensive readers with appropriate intervention.
Terry Decker Reding Specialist, Title 1 --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Beth <bonner...@aol.com> wrote: > From: Beth <bonner...@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 9:49 AM > > I have to agree that, for most students, wide reading of > "just-right" or even slightly easy text will work > wonders. BUT, there is always a small group of kids > who need a more explicit intervention, whether we like it or > not. I have teachers using Read Naturally and the > students do seem to benefit from it and enjoy doing > it. The teachers see the pay-off, otherwise they > wouldn't continue using it, but every one of them emphasizes > that it is only for a small group of students, carefully > selected, for whom other things (readers theater, choral > reading, etc.) has been unsuccessful. > > My school has not used this program yet, but another school > in our district has tried the Rewards Program. This is > for 5-6 grade students, I believe. While the person > who implemented the program admits it's not overly > stimulating for the students, it did make a difference in > their fluency. It is a short-term program done > daily. I found some information on the program on the > FCRR.org web site (Florida Center for Reading Research). > > Again, nothing beats tons of reading to build fluency, but > for the student who is not a fluent reader, chances are > reading has become a chore and something he or she > avoids. We have to actively work, using the tools we > have to work with, to rebuild their confidence and to > help them view themselves as productive readers. I > also agree, however, that these fluency interventions need > to be a part of a comprehensive instructional program, not > something done in isolation! > > Beth > Language Arts Resource Specialist, Title 1 Reading > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Deb Butterfield <dbutt...@dkschools.org> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Wed, Mar 10, 2010 9:44 am > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency > > > We use the Read Naturally program. The students love > it. > >>> "Yingling" <yingli...@frontiernet.net> > 3/9/2010 10:10 PM >>> > oes anyone know of an intervention program proven to > improve fluency in > pper elementary grades? Right now we have Soar to > Success and Great Leaps. > ut, these programs aren't helping our 4th/5th grade > fluency. Any ideas? > hanks, > enni > > ______________________________________________ > osaic mailing list > os...@literacyworkshop.org > > o unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > ttp://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ > osaic mailing list > os...@literacyworkshop.org > o unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > ttp://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.
