While they learn foundational fluency skills in younger grades, these skills must continue to be reinforced and enhanced as they get older because the texts they encounter naturally become more complex.
So it makes sense that fluency must continue to be taught as students get older. When we think about this, it dispels the myth that there is some magic window where students must master essential reading skills by.
We need to strive to make that window as large as possible. So when it comes to fluency instruction, we must go beyond the typical one minute read, and teach our students that reading is complex and that it takes practice.
Help them embrace making mistakes and to be risk takers in their reading. If we do that then I believe we can develop strong, fluent readers at any age. Mannu Sikka is an educator with more than 10 years of experience as an instructional coach, classroom teacher, and an interventionist.
Follow her on Twitter at MannuKSikka. How to teach fluency at every grade level. Mannu Sikka. You might also want to videotape the performance so that you can review it with students later. In doing so, you will show them that they are, indeed, fluent readers. These resources cover the basics of fluency, how to measure student success, and ways to improve each student's fluency skills.
These reader's theater scripts, tips, printable props, and guidelines will encourage student involvement in reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities. Create a List.
List Name Save. Rename this List. Rename this list. List Name Delete from selected List. Save to. Save to:. Save Create a List. Create a list. Save Back. Grades 1—2 , 3—5. Model Fluent Reading In order to read fluently, students must first hear and understand what fluent reading sounds like.
Do Repeated Readings in Class In their landmark book, Classrooms That Work , Patricia Cunningham and Richard Allington stress the importance and I agree of repeated readings as a way to help students recognize high-frequency words more easily, thereby strengthening their ease of reading.
Promote Phrased Reading in Class Fluency involves reading phrases seamlessly, as opposed to word by word. Enlist Tutors to Help Out Provide support for your nonfluent readers by asking tutors — instructional aides, parent volunteers, or older students — to help. You can find all books and activities at The Scholastic Store. Parents Store Cart. School Success. The Scholastic Store.
Book Clubs. Book Fairs. Raise a Reader Blog. Raise a reader by getting the best book recommendations, reading tips, and discounts delivered straight to your inbox. Get students to use the words and then practice reading them from the board or on a piece of paper. Crossword puzzles can be an effective teaching tool or playing a spelling game. Drill sight words. Learn more in our post on teaching sight words. Make use of a variety of books and materials.
If a student has difficulty with reading it can be even more of a struggle to practice with material that is not of interest to them. Sometimes all it takes is getting readers excited about a topic to help them lose themselves in the activity. Try chapter books, comics and poems. Experiment with texts of different lengths starting with shorter material and gradually working up to longer pieces.
Try different font and text sizes. There are specific fonts which are more appropriate for anyone with learning difficulties, including dyslexia, because they help with discerning letters and decoding language. Create a stress free environment. When students are enjoying a book, anxiety and stress are reduced and fluency is enhanced. Guide students to help them establish a steady pace. One of the hallmarks of fluent reading is establishing a consistent rhythm and pace that guides students through a text.
Some students will want to have a guide, such as a metronome, which gives them a rhythm they can match. Others will find this strategy stressful.
Playing music in the background might also work — or not! Introduce a typing course. If a student continues to struggle with fluency, teachers, tutors and parents may consider introducing an extra-curricular programme designed to enhance literacy skills.
A multi-sensory course like Touch-type Read and Spell can be used at home and in school to learn keyboarding and enhance spelling and sight reading at the same time. An audio component accompanies letters on the screen while students type the corresponding keys. Automated feedback and coursework is divided into discrete modules and independent lessons foster self-directed learning and enhance motivation and self-efficacy in new readers. Learn more. Regardless of the intervention, progress takes time to achieve.
Parents may consider hiring a private tutor — learn more about how to choose a tutor — and teachers can adjust classroom practices to create a less stressful environment in which children can hone their skills. Above all, students need to be made aware that learning difficulties and reading ability have nothing to do with intelligence and understand that effort is more important than results.
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