The HELPS program addresses the 3 components of fluency. Again, it is not the end all, but it is certainly motivating for the learner, and provides appropriate practice. There are other strategies that aid comprehension and word fluency, but reading real text with good support, modeling, and goals for accuracy, rate, and recall comprehension needs to be in place. (I might add that the DIBELS TRC recall for comprehension is about the same as what is contained in the HELPS assessment.) I cannot explain to you the joy on a child's face when s(he) can read and reaches her goal. "To see things in the seed, that is the genius." Lao Tzu. Donna Petree Exceptional Children's Program Germanton Elementary School Email Disclaimer: Please be advised that the contents of this message and any reply may be subject to disclosure under North Carolina law. This communication is for use by the intended recipient and contains information that may be privileged, confidential, or copyrighted under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby formally notified that any use, copying, or distribution of this communication, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. Please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message and any attachments without retaining a copy. This communication does not constitute consent to the use of sender's contact information for direct marketing purposes or for transfers of data to third parties.
________________________________ From: mosaic-bounces+donna.petree=stokes.k12.nc...@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of teach...@aol.com Sent: Fri 10/14/2011 9:46 AM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Fluency I don't have a letter but I have this information that you might include in a letter. Why is fluency important? "Fluency is important because it provides a bridge between word recognition and comprehension." (Reading Links, 2002, p. 9). Fluency doesn't ensure comprehension, but comprehension is difficult without fluency. If a reader is constantly stopping to decode and figure out unknown words, most likely meaning will be disrupted and the process of reading becomes long and laborious. When students make gains in reading fluency, they are able to put their energies into comprehension and are able to analyze, interpret, draw conclusions, and infer meaning from texts. In order to implement fluency teaching into reading instruction, teachers need to be aware of the three components of fluency. The 3 Components of Fluency · Accuracy: Also known as automaticity, it refers to the person's ability to read words in a text. · Rate: The speed a person reads. · Prosody: Refers to stress, intonation, and pauses. Commonly known as "reading with feeling". _______________________________________________ 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
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