Literacy Portfolio-Fluency by Jill Herenda https://padlet.com/j_herenda/udpfdl8nr8lz en-us 2017-12-11 19:51:00 UTC 2017-12-12 13:29:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Fluency j_herenda https://padlet.com/j_herenda/udpfdl8nr8lz/wish/215199228 Reading text with speed, accuracy, and expression. Fluency refers to how readers put words together in phrases.

To assess fluency:
Calculate the student's oral reading rate on a passage for 1 minute; then, count the number of words read and record the WPM. To assess accuracy, count the number of miscues.]]> 2017-12-11 19:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/j_herenda/udpfdl8nr8lz/wish/215199228 Experts say... j_herenda https://padlet.com/j_herenda/udpfdl8nr8lz/wish/215200373 Fluency provides the bridge between word identification and comprehension because readers do not have to concentrate on decoding words and can focus on meaning.

Vicki L. Cohen & John Edwin Cowen. 2011. Literacy for Children in an Information Age, 2nd edition. Wadsworth. p. 271.

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  • Students read and reread text out loud to the teacher, to peers, or at home until a certain level of fluency is reached. Four rereadings are sufficient for most students.
  • Students use audiotapes, tutors, and peer guidance to practice reading out loud with instructive feedback.
  • Teachers model fluent reading.

    • Vicki L. Cohen & John Edwin Cowen. 2011. Literacy for Children in an Information Age, 2nd edition. Wadsworth. p. 272. 

    ]]>     2017-12-11 20:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/j_herenda/udpfdl8nr8lz/wish/215202739     Reader's Theater Workshop j_herenda https://padlet.com/j_herenda/udpfdl8nr8lz/wish/215204302 Students rehearse and perform a play. Students read from scripts and practice their role repeatedly which improves fluency.
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