At this point in the school year, it becomes very obvious that students who are reading regularly - with interested support and opportunity for discussion of what they read - are developing more fluency in their reading.
What is fluency? It is the ability to read faster than word by word. When fluency is developing, the student can read phrases and entire sentences. They begin to notice the punctuation such as periods, commas, question marks and exclamation points, and it changes the tone of their voice. They also begin to use expression and inflection as they understand what they are reading at the moment they are reading it.
Students who do not regularly practice reading at their instructional level will be hindered in their development of fluency.
Our home reading participation this week has been at an all time low. We are averaging only 5 to 8 students a day who continue to take books home every day to read with a parent. Guess what? Those are the students who are showing the most improvement in their fluency.
GB
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