Today’s Class
• Review Fluency• Explore Fluency Assessment Tools• Practice using Fluency Assessment
Tools
National Reading Panel
• NRP was formed in 1997 to research and assess effective literacy instructional practices
• Research was conducted over a period of 2 years
• In 2000, the NRP published a report outlining the findings
NRP Findings
Concluded that there are five key components to an effective reading instruction program:
• Phonemic Awareness• Phonics• Fluency• Vocabulary• Comprehension
What are we talking about when we talk about fluency?
ILS, Language Arts Goal #1: Read with understanding and fluency.
Standard 1.B: Read age-appropriate material aloud with fluency and accuracy
Common Core Standards
Fluency: Reading text with speed, accuracy, and proper expression.What does it look like? What does it sound like? What can be done
in the classroom to support fluent oral reading?
Elements of Fluent Reading
• Automaticity of decoding• Appropriate reading rate• Appropriate volume, pitch, stress, juncture or
stress in one’s voice• Appropriate phrasing
Fluency
• Accuracy• Rate• Volume• Expression• Prosody (appropriate stress and intonation of
language)
(National Reading Panel Report, 2000)
Assessing Oral Language• Tools we have for assessing fluency and reading
rate:– Oral reading rubric– Multidimensional Fluency Scale
Choose one of the methods and practice using it as we listen to Evan reading. (Video is posted on the Wiki. You can also use any of the other recordings as well). Or…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR0-aMLx6E0 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zChENpc87AA or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIytn4NYPj4
Oral Reading Rate
Let’s try it for Evan (See pkt page for instructions)
1. Words in the passage= 2502. 250x60= 150003. Time the reading (150 seconds)4. 15000/150= 1005. Use the table (for “C(orrect)WPM, subtract
the number of miscues=12, from #4) So 88
Strategies for Developing Fluency
• Model Fluent Reading (Read-aloud)• Shared Reading• Repeated Readings• Work with High Frequency Words to
develop AutomatcityStrategy Ideas:• Improving Reading• Busy Teacher Caféhttp://www.busyteacherscafe.com/literacy/fluency.html
In the Classroom• Read Aloud• Audio Recordings and Videos• Shared Reading• Repeated Readings• Using Books with Repetitive Text• Reader’s Theater• Choral Reading• Echo Reading• Work with High Frequency Words (develop
automaticity)• Work with High Frequency Phrases