LaCasse Teacher as Researcher by BrieAnna LaCasse

Sight Words and Fluency

blacasse — 2013-11-04 22:51:18 UTC

Summary: This article by Hudson, Lane, and Pullen (2005) discusses the importance of reading fluency and methods for increasing reading fluency. Some of the methods include: automaticity, assessing reading fluency, assessing accuracy, and assessing rate.

Improving Fluency

blacasse — 2013-11-04 23:04:36 UTC

Summary: This article by Pikulski and Chard (2005) discusses different ways to increase reading fluency in students. Some examples from the article include: high-frequency words, recognizing word parts and spelling patterns, decoding strategies, using appropriate texts, repeated reading, independent reading, and fluency assessment. The authors discuss how reading fluency affects comprehension skills.

Reading in the Early Grades

blacasse — 2013-11-07 13:53:33 UTC

This article by Fuchs and Fuchs (2005) discusses research completed in kindergarten and 1^st grade on Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS). In kindergarten, the focus was on decoding and word recognition. In 1^st grade, the focus was on decoding, word recognition, fluency, and comprehension.

The Fluent Reader

blacasse — 2013-11-07 13:56:39 UTC

Study Guide

Put Reading First

blacasse — 2013-11-07 14:05:57 UTC

Book 2010

Fluency Instruction

blacasse — 2013-11-07 14:42:22 UTC

Summary: This article discusses research completed to assess the effectiveness of a modified repeated-reading strategy and wide-reading strategy in second grade. Two strategies were researched: word automaticity and prosody. The research was completed to see if these strategies increased comprehension of students.

Repeated Reading and ORF

blacasse — 2013-11-09 16:05:53 UTC

Summary: This article is about a study that was completed comparing repeated reading to continuous reading with poor readers and average readers. Average readers made gains in fluency and poor readers needed more interventions.

Becoming a Fluent Reader

blacasse — 2013-11-10 18:18:35 UTC

Summary: This article discusses ways students can become fluent readers and the effects of reading fluency on comprehension. The study examines how automaticity, word-reading fluency, text-reading fluency, and autonomous reading increase comprehension.

Repeated Reading Interventions

blacasse — 2013-11-10 18:44:09 UTC

Summary: This study was completed to see the effects of repeated readings on reading fluency of students with learning disabilities. It discusses the importance of reading fluency on comprehension skills.

Repeated Reading

blacasse — 2013-11-14 00:36:36 UTC

Article

Developing Fluency Through Repeated Reading

blacasse — 2013-11-14 00:41:26 UTC

Article

Repeated Reading-Poetry

blacasse — 2013-11-14 00:48:28 UTC

Summary: This article discusses repeated reading and how to implement this strategy in the classroom. It also discusses using poetry as a reading tool to increase reading fluency.