Melissa & Lori Love Literacy ™ Ep 98: Improving Student Reading Growth in Months with Fluency Instruction and Practice
How can regular fluency practice lead to fluent readers? In today’s episode, educators Lorraine Griffith and Lindsay Kemeny discuss the impact of fluency in their classrooms. Fluency is a bridge: It connects word recognition with comprehension. We dive into whole and small group fluency instruction with simple strategies and more.
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Resources
- A Focus on Fluency article
- Matt Burns - Partner Reading Paragraph Shrinking
- Lindsay Kemeny Youtube Students error correction for partner reading
- Regular Fluency Practice and Performance Opportunities
- Weekly Poem
- Examples
- Other texts
- Speeches
- Readers Theater
- Books (first person) such as the Dear America series or Because of Winn Dixie
- Weekly Poem
- Pattan Literacy Symposium (June 14)
Related Episodes
- Ep. 9 Geodes Rock!
- Ep. 80 A Primary Teacher’s Perspective on Science of Reading, Small Group Instruction, and Use of Sound Walls
- Ep. 62 Effective Fluency Instruction with Tim Rasinski
We answer your questions about teaching reading in The Literacy 50-A Q&A Handbook for Teachers: Real-World Answers to Questions About Reading That Keep You Up at Night.
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