I wanted to post some information that you may find immediately useful in your classroom.
Below I have included a wonderful post and video clip from the Daily Cafe website that will help guide you in your fluency instruction. I know oftentimes we fight the battle of teaching kids to read fluently, while telling them not to rush through the text. Below is a lesson for 4th graders about teaching kids how and when to adjust their speed. The teacher goes into detail about why and under what circumstances we change our speed. I really liked this lesson for several reasons. Watch to see how this teacher “sections” her guided reading or “teacher table” notebooks. Also, I’ve spotted some “Mountain Language” in the background!
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This is a great clip to illustrate to students how fluency helps with comprehension and vocabulary. I know as an adult, I’ve been needing to slow down my fluency drastically in reading new information in my job. Often that frustrates me because I just want to “understand” the information quickly. It’s so important that students realize that good readers adjust speeds and don’t just read to get it finished.
This clip illustrates what a mini-lesson should look like. It is short and to the point. Also, she gave specific modeling and examples for how the stragegy can be used in their reading!
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