Oh, and in case it wasn't obvious, comprehension.
Elisa
Elisa Waingort
Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual
Dalhousie Elementary
Calgary, Canada
Hi,
Are you familiar with the Daily 5? One of the Daily 5's is Read to Someone.
There are several ways to do this but one of the ways to read to a partner is
Hi,
Are you familiar with the Daily 5? One of the Daily 5's is Read to Someone.
There are several ways to do this but one of the ways to read to a partner is
to determine who is the more fluent reader. We talk about what this means and
it isn't about rate or just getting the words right. In
I've read Tim Rasinski's book, The Fluent Reader, and found some very helpful,
research based, strategies you can use to help your students. I'd reccomend you
get his book so you can read all the details. Here are three simplified
explanations of three strategies:
Repeated reading through
Last year I started using Reader's Theater to develop fluency. The kids really
enjoyed acting out the parts and this naturally developed into reading with
emotion as well. Their flunency improved due to the fact that they reread the
play many times to practice. I then set them up to go perfo
There was a fabulous discussion of fluency on the list with Elaine Garan and
Tim Rasinski at the start of summer. Check the archives. You won't be
disappointed.
Nancy
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. With that in mind,
> what are some of the best "research-based, highly successful" strategies
> that work with fluency? Just want to pick your brain. Amy
>
Well, I think showing a connection between spoken language and reading in
your head helps. When the kids realize that the typical speaker
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research strategies that work for fluency. Here is the deal. They would
like to fo
