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Fluency: Freeing the Mind for Comprehension

Fluency: Freeing the Mind for Comprehension. EDC423. TURN & TALK: What is fluent reading? . Three aspects of fluent reading (EAR). E xpression (Prosody) – phrasing, word emphasis, musical aspects of language A ccuracy – correct and automatic without effort or thinking power

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Fluency: Freeing the Mind for Comprehension

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  1. Fluency: Freeing the Mind for Comprehension EDC423

  2. TURN & TALK: What is fluent reading?

  3. Three aspects of fluent reading (EAR) • Expression (Prosody) – phrasing, word emphasis, musical aspects of language • Accuracy – correct and automatic without effort or thinking power • Rate – oral and silent rates

  4. Recommended Fluency Rates

  5. Fluency – Developing Automaticity • Why is fluency so important? • Automaticity: the ability to read without consciously thinking about it • Readers no longer need to use their working memory to decode the words – they can use that memory for things like interpretation, comprehension, and critical thinking. • Thus, increased fluency can foster increases in reading comprehension!

  6. Assessing Fluency • Oral Reading with DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) • One minute tests

  7. Assessing Fluency with DIBELS • Potential Problems? (Fluency = expression, accuracy, and rate) • Bringing words to life in the context of a story… (storytelling vs. reading isolated word lists) • Importance of changing rate and phrasing to match the purpose for reading (When might you need to slow down?)

  8. How can we help children monitor and improve their fluency? • Advantages? • Disadvantages? • More Engaging Alternatives?

  9. Instructional Practices for Improving Fluency • NOT Round Robin Reading • Use Repeated Reading • Use Shared Reading / Choral Reading • Use Partner Reading • Authentic ways to integrate these oral reading practices?

  10. Poetry Feast & Favorite Poem Project

  11. Reader’s Theatre Grade 1

  12. Reader’s Theatre Grade 1

  13. Reader’s Theatre • Interpretive voice-only performance – goal: to expressively read a text so that the audience can visualize the story • Oral, volume, intonation, pitch, & timing • Requires deep understanding of a character’s emotions and the plot • Implementing for as little as 10 weeks resulted in consistent gains in comprehension of more than one year! (Griffith & Rasinski, 2004; Martinez et al, 1999) • Purposeful matching with technology motivated children even more! (Vasinda & McLeod, 2011)

  14. Reader’s Theatre

  15. Reader’s Theatre Script Choices • Help! Hilary! Help! (Hilary gets the change to show just how helpful she can be.) • Which Shoes Do You Choose? (With so many kinds of shoes at the store, how can Katie ever choose?) • Casey at the Bat (It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville nine that day…)

  16. Audacity

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