EDR 622 Fluency by mary shelton https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1 After reading the Fluency Chapters list 5 activities that you use, or you would like to try to improve the fluency of your students. en-us 2017-10-28 16:07:05 UTC 2025-11-04 16:19:22 UTC hello@padlet.com marymccarthyshelton https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/201422678 2017-10-28 16:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/201422678 Meagan Chmura - 5 Strategies to Improve Fluency https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/201892813 1.  Teacher Read Aloud:  I already do this one in class, and it is one of my favorite times of the day!  I make a big deal about using voices and rereading things if the expression was wrong.
2.  Reader's Theatre:  This would be a fun way to practice expression and phrasing.  I like the idea of sending it home to practice with family members.
3.  Radio Reading:  Reading and rereading portions of a text in preparation to read it together would be fun and a good way to use group work as a rereading strategy.
4.  Time Repeated Reading: Timing and keeping a record of errors for each reading would be a good way to show improvement with each rereading.
5.  Reading Easy Books, Reading with Buddies: I like the idea of reading with buddies because students become the ones doing the read aloud. Plus, no one feels silly reading easy texts!]]> 2017-10-30 18:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/201892813 Steve Persenaire-5 Activities to Improve Fluency lawrencetigers https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/201967388 1. Independent Reading: This is something that I have students do each morning where they are reading their own AR books. I give students time in class to share their stories and that they can select their next book.
2. Choral Reading: I used this strategy with my 5th graders last year, especially since I had a lot of students that were below grade level. I used it with Social Studies text and the learning targets in class.
3. Timed Repeated Reading: This was a strategy that I saw at a field placement, using Read Naturally. They had a reading passage for the students that they repeat and practice over the week. It is a solid strategy in order to get students comfortable with reading a text.
4. Daily Writing Time: I have worked to create a time each day where students have time to write. To get 5th graders into it, I will give them options to free write and create prompts that connect to their interests.
5. Paired Repeated Readings: This is a strategy that I would like to try with some of my struggling readers. My students enjoy working with groups so it gives them the opportunity to take turns and listen to each other as they read. It also allows them to build that fluency by reading the same passage over and over. ]]> 2017-10-31 00:04:11 UTC https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/201967388 Joy Oh - 5 Activities to Improve Fluency https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203499022 1. Daily Writing Time: I was pleasantly surprised that the daily writing time could even be 10 minutes max. It sounds so much more doable. Part of it could also be using word wall words in the writing.
2. Rereading (Repeated reading): I'm thinking that this can be a "special" thing in my 1st grade class where kids can pick out a favorite book of the week and reread it when they're finished early with an activity.
3. Plays (Reader's Theatre): This is kind of a fear of mine...but I can see how this would be a fun way for kids to practice reading and using language without them even knowing they're doing it! I could have them practice in pairs.
4. Picture Posters to Build Meaning: I'm actually looking forward to doing this and using it with my class. I feel like my struggling readers will get it so much easier if there is a larger visual cue they can refer to.
5. "Doing" a Word Wall/WORDO: New Friday activity done! :)]]> 2017-11-04 02:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203499022 Jodi Juergens- 5 Activities to Improve Fluency bouch1jr https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203558847 1. Teacher Read Aloud-
This is something we do daily in our classroom, and even have the focus on repeated reading. Every week we have one story that we read daily and focus on text structure, vocabulary, and comprehension. This year in particular the students have been very invested in our daily read alouds!
2.Choral Reading-
I have never done this with my preschoolers but feel as though they would really enjoy it! This would focus a lot on comprehension for them too which is usually an area most of them struggle in.
3. Recorded Reading-
I just found an old (working!) cassette player at a retired teacher sale. I am putting it out next week and I'm excited to see how they respond to it! We read "Abiyoyo" as our repeated read aloud last week and they loved the story, so I think they'll enjoy listening to it again on the cassette player. Bonus: It's read by James Earl Jones!
4. Word Wall- I introduced a word wall last year and then sort of neglected it. I would love to reintroduce it this year and actually utilize it!
5. Reading with Buddies- Every once in a while, I have the students who are awake at rest time pair up and "read". They usually end up off topic and goofing around. I would love to instruct this time more and sit with the students, having them read the pictures to one another and describe what they are seeing. Especially at that time of day I would have time to sit with most of them that are actually awake. ]]> 2017-11-04 18:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203558847 Adrienne Baker - 5 Activities to Improve Fluency adrienne_schrauben https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203564050
  • Reading buddies between fourth grade students and kindergarteners 
    • My fourth grade students meet once a week with their buddies.  They often end up rereading some of their buddies’ favorite books, which builds fluency, as does reading easier books.
  • Reading "easy" books aloud
    • I find that when I read aloud a simple, short, and enjoyable story, it becomes a hot item when it comes to picking out books for students to read to their younger buddies.
  • 3-Minute reflective writing
    • I built in a writing prompt (I give two different options) each day that circles back to our learning target for reading.  After independent reading time, I set a timer for three minutes, and students write the whole time.  When the timer goes off, they share what they wrote with a partner, then count the number of words they wrote.  The short time limit and simple addition of the word count actually serve as a great motivator for students to write more in order to “beat” their personal best.
  • Reading along with audiobooks
    • Our school has a few dozen playaways, which are individual, easy-to-use audiobook devices.  They are simple to use, and students feel a great deal of success when they finish a book with this tool.  Many of the playaways are matched with books that are the first in a series, which scaffolds and prepares students to continue reading without the aid of an audiobook.
  • Voice recording student reading
    • I haven’t been able to find an easy means of utilizing this on a regular basis, but I am hopeful that I can build in some practice reading time prior to when students meet with their buddies.  I would love to have an option for students to read a book, and then listen back to their reading so they can find errors or make adjustments before reading it aloud to their buddy.

    • ]]>     2017-11-04 19:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203564050     Deb Hoeksema - Fluency activities https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203584156 Some of the strategies that I currently use to increase fluency with my students are:
    ·         Teacher Read Aloud – We have take home books as part of my reading curriculum.  I read the story with my students before I have them read it to themselves.
    ·         Repeated reading – My students use the same take home books and they have to read it to themselves three times.  We are just starting to have them then move around the room and read the book to partners.  Then they take the books home and read with as many family members as possible.  They get a shout out the next morning if they have read the book to many people.
    ·         Word Wall – I have a word wall in the front of my room, but I admit that I am one of those teachers who “have” a word wall, but don’t “do” the word wall.  This will not be the case next year.
    ·         Dibels – I don’t currently use this assessment, but our resource teachers use this on my students.  They do this 3-4 times a year and report back to me.
    ·         Some strategies that I would like to implement into my room are the games Wordo and Be A Mind Reader (a good way to use the Word Wall).  We currently use Bingo with our sight words during the second half of the school year during our review weeks, but I think that this would be a fun way to review throughout the entire school year.
    ]]>     2017-11-05 01:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203584156     Megan Westlund- 5 Activities to Improve Fluency https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203655305 1. Readin g Along with Audiobooks  Our school library has dozens of Playaways. These are individual audiobook devices that my students can listen to while reading along with a chapter book. Some of my students choose to do this during the independent reading time block of our reading workshop.
    2. Reading "Easy" Books- I've worked hard to get books of all levels in my classroom library. I have several high interest books (especially NF texts) at easier reading levels for my struggling readers. I choose to read some of these aloud to the class to show readers that I encourage reading books of all levels.
    3. Preschool Reading Buddies- My students read once a week with younger students. They get to be the fluent reader and choose the book they want to read. They often select books
    4. WORDO- I want to use this with my students for the words they frequently misspell and homophones.
    5. Mind Reader- This is another activity I want to start in my classroom when we have a few extra minutes to work with those frequently misspelled words and vocabulary words in our classroom.]]>     2017-11-05 17:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203655305     Abigail Sissing-Fluecny https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203666048 ·      Recording: Allowing students to make tape recordings of their favorite books is something that I would like to incorporate into my schedule. Many of my fellow teachers use the app Seesaw on their student’s Ipad (type of social media for the classroom). This allows students to write, record, and share with classmates as well as parents. 
    ·      Paired Reading: Something that I do currently is paired reading. At first, I read the book to the students, then each of them read a page at a time in a circle, and then I put the students into pairs in which they take turns reading the book. Students are excited to read the book to each other! 
    ·      Choral Reading: Another strategy that I would like to incorporate into my class is choral reading. I would like to write a monthly poem on chart paper in which we can read it together throughout that month.
    ·      Daily Writing- Every day, students in my class write. They have a space man, and an alphabet with upper/lower case letters along with a key word to help them with the sound that letter makes in a folder. I love watching students work hard at their writing and reading their writings as they go along. 
    ·      Read Aloud: In a kindergarten class we read at least 7 books a week. They LOVE it, always watching and listening. I also leave the book that I read on my rocking chair for the day, so that students can grab it at any time and read it/ look at the pictures! 
    ]]>     2017-11-05 18:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203666048     Johanna White- 5 Activities to Improve Fluency https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203674709 Independent Reading: The more students read, the more fluent they become.  Students read more when they are able to read self-selected texts.  The amount of reading children do is the biggest variable in their word fluency.

    Daily Writing: Students that write often help students decode words better.  For students that hate to write, have daily writing times, starting out with 10 minutes at a time to build stamina.  

    Rereading: The first time, students are focused on decoding difficult words, the second read-through, students are reading in phrases and making meaning, and by the third read-through, students are reading fluently with good expression.

    Paired Repeated Reading: students read and reread a passage to a student partner.  The goal is not to increase the rate of reading, but instead to decrease the amount of errors.

    Fluency Development Lesson: First, choose a poem to read aloud to the class several times, modeling fluent reading. Then choral read the poem with the class, with different children of groups of children reading different sections of the poem. Then, students can read the poems to other classes or staff in the building. Finally, students receive two copies of the poem. One for their poetry folder, and another for homework. They are expected to read the poem aloud to whoever will listen at home.]]>     2017-11-05 19:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203674709     Harmony Perry- Fluency Activities https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203689446
  • Fluency is fast and expressive reading from Chaper 6 on page 78 reminds me of the emphasis that we have on our “Story Teller's Voice” which is asking them to practice fluent reading when they are reading with a partner.
    • I encourage my children to have one book below their current level that they enjoy and to put it in their cubby for free choice reading. 
  • Independent Reading is critical daily component.
    • My reading blocks for both third and second grade never seem like they are long enough so I make sure that independent SSR reading takes place each day and Monday-Thursday the children are preparing for a partner and jotting a response to share with them and then share out their partner's response to the whole group.
    • Children ask if when they are done preparing for a partner if they are able if they have time to read their free choice books. I allow them to read their free choice books once they have prepared for their partner as they are usually at that point really reading for pleasure and interest.
  • Reader's Theatre 
    • We do a lot of reader's theatre when we get to our Traditional Literature genre unit
      • The students enjoy reading different parts and practicing their different voices that they have to use for each character. 
      • For some of my students this is their perferred “language” to show their understanding.
  • Reading with Fluency and setting personal goals
    • Students have been setting goals with a visual cue of moving their sticky notes to the page or part of their SSR books that they believe that they can accomplish during our independent reading time in Reader's Workshop. 
      • Some students meet their goal and we have been reflecting on how many pages that we are able to read in our books during our SSR time. 
        • We talk about setting new goals that adjust for what we found out with our current SSR time and if we met or did not meet or goals. 
    • Self monitoring and modeling seem to be a key factor to have students have a full understanding of what we mean by fluency being more than simply the speed at which the words can be said out of your mouth. That there is a deeper connection that also needs to be happending.
  • High-Frequency Words (Chapter 8 page 118)
    • I like this idea of a Personal Word wall on the inside of a file folder and would like to try it in my classroom with 2nd and 3rd grade to see what types of words they feel they need as each one will be for their personal use.
    • Right now our word wall is something that is a whole class word wall and has the words that we are wanting for our writing a that time but it changes as we change the type of writing that we are doing. 

    • ]]>     2017-11-05 21:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203689446     Ashley Lowing: Fluency Activities alowing https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203700533 1. Provide Easy Reading for All: I need to keep this in mind for my struggling readers. Not only will it build their fluency, but it will build their reading confidence, as well.

    2. Readers Theater: I really want to start incorporating these into my classroom. They are a highly engaging tool to improve reading fluency! I love the idea of having students take their favorite books and create plays for them. This would be a great extension activity for my higher readers.

    3. Recorded Reading: We have 3 classroom iPads. This would be a great tool for my students to use in order to record themselves reading. This would also be a great way for me to monitor fluency progress, by listening to the recordings.

    4. Paired Repeated Reading: Many of my students love partner reading. This would be a great way for them to practice their fluency reading out loud, without the pressures of doing it front of the whole class. Many of my students say they read better in their head than out loud, so this would provide good practice.

    5. Reading Buddies: I am currently looking for a teacher in my building who is interested in doing this with my classroom! This would give my students an authentic reason to practice a story all week to then read to their buddy. ]]>     2017-11-05 23:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203700533     Ashley St. Louis: Fluency Activities https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203703450 Echo Reading:
    This sounds like an older version of what we now call "Readers Theater." I always felt like I had to use plays for readers theater but I like that they said to use regular books and copy them.

    Taped Reading/Listening:
    This allows the student to become familiar with the text and learn the words. I like this because I don't always have time to model their books for them. This is a great way for them to hear the fluency and what the book should sound like, and then have them take it home to practice the fluency at home and at school.

    Timed Repeated Reading:
    I have been using this with my fluency students. I have a graph that they fill out for each time they read it and how many words they read correctly. They love filling out the graph and seeing how many more words they are able to get as they read it more.

    Paired Repeated Reading:
    I admit I am not the best at having students partner read a lot because of the management issue. But, I do need to start having my students that are in a reading group together, read their books together after we read them together. This gives them more practice and feel comfortable reading with someone.
    We do read to the Kindergarten students, which they love!

    Modeling:
    Modeling can be the most important thing you do for fluency. Students have to know what it reading should sound like, while also you are showing them when it's okay to stop and question yourself for vocabulary and check for understanding. ]]>     2017-11-06 00:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/203703450     Lisa Newberry~ Fluency Activities https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/208431535 Teacher Read Aloud:
    I have multiple copies of the books I read aloud in class. I have students randomly read from the same book silently as I read aloud so they can see how I read fluently and with expression.
    Echo Reading:
    This strategy is helpful especially for ELL students. I use this with them to expose them to the visual and auditory aspects of reading.
    Timed Repeated Reading:
    I haven't used this strategy, but I think this would be very beneficial to the readers in my class. 
    Paired Repeated Reading:
    As with the above, I have not used this strategy in class and would like to try it to see if it would aid my students in their fluency.
    Recorded Reading:
    Due to the AMAZING introduction to EPIC..... my class has now been introduced to books being read to them! I was not able to make this possible with the resources I have available to me in my class, but my students LOVE the EPIC site and seem to have a lot of success with it!]]>     2017-11-19 05:07:19 UTC https://padlet.com/marymccarthyshelton/a4h8t3ipzww1/wish/208431535