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My fluency checklist pro#

“Now that we have reviewed some of our previous reading strategies, let’s look ahead to what it could mean to become a fluent reader. Oh! The word is ship: 'my friend loves to sail his ship out at sea.''Ĥ.

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If I couldn’t figure out the word by reading the full sentence, I can then go back and use my cover-up critter to break down that word even more.

It didn’t quite make sense in the sentence. For example, if I saw this sentence (have the sentence written out on the board), and I read it as 'my friend loves to sail his SLIP out at sea', I think I need to double-check my reading of the word slip. Cross-checking is a strategy we use when we need to double-check a word that we aren’t sure about in a sentence. “Another strategy we have talked about is cross-checking. Wasn’t it helpful to have our cover-up creature when we weren’t quite sure what the word said?ģ. Gold! Like the kind of treasure that a pirate would look for. Last but not least, I know it ends with /d/ = /d/, so I can read the whole word as /g/ /O/ /l/ /d/. Next, I move onto my l = /l/, so all together it says /g/ /o/ /l/. I know that o = /O/ and when I put that with my g = /g/ I get /g/ /O/. For example, if I saw this word ( gold is written on the board) I could use my cover-up critter to figure out what it says. A cover-up critter helps us to break down words into more understandable chunks when the whole word feels a little overwhelming. “First, let’s review some strategies we have used in the past that help us when we are unsure of a word. Being a fluent reader means being able to recognize words automatically and quickly: doesn’t that sound so much more efficient than having to break down every word? It takes time and work to become a fluent reader, but I know you can do it! Just think of all the benefits: you’ll be able to read with expression, it’s easier to understand what’s going on in the story, and overall, you will be able to enjoy your reading more! Let’s get started.”Ģ. Start by saying: “Today we are going to work towards becoming fluent readers. Materials: Class copies of I Can Read! Flat Stanley and the Lost Treasure, stopwatches for each set of students and the teacher, printed “Fluency Checklist” pages for each student, assessment sheets for each student used by the teacher, cover-up critters for each student, a calculator for the teacher’s WPM calculations, a whiteboard and dry erase marker to record instructions, a large island-ocean-treasure chart, and individual sailboats for students that can be attached with Velcro.ġ. Student improvement and achievement will be monitored and seen throughout the repeated reading process.

In this lesson, students will work on these fluency skills through repeated readings and timed readings.

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Fluent reading is a crucial step for students developing foundational reading skills that will allow them to become pro readers in the future. Fluent reading refers to the concept of reading a text through automatic word recognition instead of wasting time with individually decoding words, and it is a skill that paves the way for a reader to better comprehend text, be expressive in their reading, and so much more.

Rationale: This lesson is designed to help improve and hone students’ reading fluency skills. Growing Independence and Fluency Design: Flat Stanley and Fluent Reading