Sunday, October 25, 2015

Week 7: Assignment 2 - Fluency


1. How can you ensure that your struggling readers have access to texts they can easily read?
Maintain a class library with a good number of books that are appropriate (at reading level) for the students that.


2. How can you foster a learning environment in which students have many opportunities to practice reading?
Provide multiple opportunities for students to engage in reading and to interact with literacy that is on their level. Students should be engaged regularly in activities that offer opportunities to read with a good model, in groups, and even independently.


3. Describe ways in which you can model fluent reading in your classroom throughout the day.
As discussed in the video, the "non-interruptive strategy" for may help foster fluency in beginning or struggling readers (or even ALL readers).  The strategy is simple: let the student complete sentences when reading and teach them to self-monitor and self-correct. Students can benefit much from asking strategist when reading. Students can learn to ask questions like "does that sound right?”  
Another important and effective way is to get students reading more fluent is to model reading to students in an activity. By modeling successful reading and demonstrating the use of skills that effective readers use, the teacher is modeling what they should strive to accomplish.

1 comment:

  1. classroom libraries are key in a classroom. It works for lessons in the classroom and as a resource for downtime.

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