I highly recommend reading *The Fluent Reader *by Timothy V. Rasinski. He
has researched the topic thoroughly and has multiple ways of building
fluency in whole group, small group and with individuals. Familiar
re-reading helps treat the Matthew effect where those who can read get
stronger
Hi! Remediating reading fluency can be a very tricky thing. As can be
raising a child's motivation.
The quick and dirty is:
The research indicates that there is a relationship between comprehension
and fluency, but it is a breakdown in comprehension that most likely causes
a breakdown in
Has anyone had experiences using repeated readings to effect fluency on a
struggling student at a 6th or 7th grade level? If you have seen gains in the
child's fluency rate, has there also been an increase in the child's motivation
and willingness to read?
Thanks,
Julie
Have you used Read Naturally? It is a great fluency tool for motivating
reluctant readers, plus it works well for all age groups, since the text is
informational and usually interesting to the students. Also, you can also
select passages that are written to practice phonics patterns and the
At the 6th grade level I found great success using my progress monitoring with
3 trials. For progress monitoring I had to record the first trial results, but
for the students we would look at growth through the three trials. They could
see the goals wcpm and see how much closer they got on
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At the 6th grade level I found great success using my progress monitoring with
3 trials
