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Reading Fluency Menu
Use this menu to try different fluency practices in your classroom. You will find resources as you scroll down the page to support you with many of these activities.
There are a series of two x 1.5 hour free webinars here if you'd like to learn more (including a folder full of free resources to help you!)
Source: https://soundfoundations.co.nz/fluency-fundamentals/
(3 minute watch )
Paired reading
Paired reading
In a paired/partner reading strategy, two students read the same passage aloud to each other. When partnering students, more fluent readers can be paired with less fluent readers, or students who read at the same level can be paired to reread a story they have already had modelled for them.
How to: Partner reading, paragraph shrinking
How to: Partner reading, paragraph shrinking
Building background knowledge is essential for strong writing. Students need content, context, and vocabulary to clearly express their ideas. One practical way to build this knowledge is through 20 minutes a day of Partner Reading and Paragraph Shrinking: a classwide reading intervention that benefits all students by giving them shared information, ideas, and language they can then draw on for writing. To see how it works, start watching the video from 17:10. The approach is research-based and designed to:
Increase reading fluency and comprehension
Strengthen vocabulary
Build the background knowledge students need for speaking and writing tasks
(Note: useful resource: Tier 1 Class-Wide Interventions for Reading and Math – Matthew Burns (includes math intervention).
Use the below step by step guide developed by RTLB Rebecca Antipas to help implement partner reading into your classroom.
Learn how to apply this research-based intervention in your classroom with tips, mistakes, and questions unpacked. Leave with specific strategies and resources to implement this intervention. Explore the folder of resources here
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Free Resources for Reading Comprehension
Free Resources for Reading Comprehension
Resources, tools and content for teachers to improve students' reading comprehension.
Reading Passages with Vocabulary Supports and Text-dependent Question Sets
Article-A-Day with Vocabulary Supports
Paired Texts with Text-dependent Question Sets
Student Library
FREE RESOURCE
Teachers use Diffit to get “just right” instructional materials, saving tons of time and helping all students to access year level content.
Check out the example opposite - a Year 5 reading fluency information text. Diffit also creates an explicit vocabulary list with definitions and comprehension questions.
Check out Diffit here
Earthquakes - by Diffit (printable) (1).pdf
A fantastic game for supporting word-level fluency! Kids love it. You can find it Love Literacy Mount Maunganui
Click on the image to view the webinar
Comprehensive Literacy Webinar
In this webinar, Mary Brown shares her experience and insights into whole-class teaching. In particular, partner reading, paragraph shrinking and explicit vocabulary teaching.
(Niky has mentioned that there may be some mistakes in the audio and is fixing them as she finds them. If you find one please email her and she will correct it niky@owhiro.school.nz)
partner reading / ParaGraph Shrinking
partner reading / ParaGraph Shrinking
Niky Clegg from Ōwhiro Bay School in Wellington has kindly shared this website she has created.
The website contains Level 2 texts that can be used for Partner Reading / Paragraph Shrinking.
Each text comes with a PDF of the text, summary, vocabulary and comprehension questions. There is also an audio file to accompany each text.
Ngā mihi to Niky for creating this amazing resource and sharing it with everyone.
Fluency Matters
Fluency Matters
(20 minute Read)
Below is further READING by Timothy Rasinski and Chase Young on the importance of Fluency. In this article they discuss Poetry Slams as an effective reading Fluency strategy.
You can find instructions for Poetry Slams here You can find a podcast on 'How to implement Readers Theater" here
Fluency Matters Rasinski & Young (2).pdfPage updated
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