Session 1Reading in the Content Areas

Fluency in Expository Text Readings

Question: How many minutes per day do good readers read

on their own?

What would you guess? Make a prediction and share with an

‘elbow partner’

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Answer– a LOT!!!!!

3(BTW– How many minutes each day do YOU read?)

Imagine if you practiced shooting free throws every day just five minutes each day for four months.

At the end of that time, how would your free throw shooting compare to your shooting if did not practice?

Reading fluency is the same—time on task improves performance!

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Reading Fluency Skills

ACCURACY- Involves translating letters-to-sounds-to-words effortlessly and accurately or AUTOMATICITY.

EXPRESSION- refers to the reader’s ability to use proper intonation or expression (i.e., PROSODY or QUALITY.

Appropriate reading or SPEED according to the reader’s purpose or the type of passage.

GOAL – Repeated Readings of the same text to improve the above skills.

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CHORAL READINGCHORAL READING

Three types are effective…Three types are effective…

• UNISONUNISON• ECHOECHO (also called “ECHOIC”)• ANTIPHONALANTIPHONAL

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… ALL CHORAL READING STRATEGIES CAN ALL CHORAL READING STRATEGIES CAN BE DONE WHOLE GROUP, OR WITH BE DONE WHOLE GROUP, OR WITH

STUDENTS READING IN PAIRSSTUDENTS READING IN PAIRS

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Why “Whole-Class?”

1. Individualized reading instruction is typically not possible.

2. “Anonymity” 3. Modeling 4. Efficient5. Multiple rewards6. Easy to implement

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What is UNISON READING?What is UNISON READING?

Unison reading is where Unison reading is where everyone reads together…everyone reads together….

Let’s Practice Unison ReadingLet’s Practice Unison ReadingRiver Flooding

When a fast-moving mountain stream flows onto a flat plain, the stream slows down.

As the stream slows down, it deposits alluvium where the mountain meets the flat plain, forming an alluvial fan.

Alluvial fans are fan-shaped deposits that form on dry land.

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What is ECHO READING?What is ECHO READING?

Echo (sometimes called echoic) Echo (sometimes called echoic) reading has the teacher or a student reading has the teacher or a student (if students are in pairs) read a (if students are in pairs) read a passage aloud, then everyone else passage aloud, then everyone else “echoes” by repeating it.“echoes” by repeating it.

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ANTIPHONAL READINGANTIPHONAL READING

Derived from ancient monastic traditions, Derived from ancient monastic traditions, antiphonal reading has two groups. antiphonal reading has two groups. The first reading group, or person, if they The first reading group, or person, if they are reading in pairs, reads a passage aloud are reading in pairs, reads a passage aloud (usually a sentence or two), and the (usually a sentence or two), and the second group reads the following second group reads the following line(s).line(s).

Buddy Reading

Buddy reading (also know as paired reading, peer reading, partner reading, and dyads) is a repeated reading strategy that has two students reading together a passage you assign them over and over for a set number of times.

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Buddy reading helps students build reading speed with texts in your core subject area, increases their comprehension of what they read, and helps increase vocabulary knowledge.

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TIP: Give ‘em five! 5 minutes of choral reading each day using the textbook or other materials will yield great improvements in reading fluency and comprehension over time

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Let’s talk about our first CLASSROOM ACTION PLAN

(CAP) #1(and then maybe go home for a

nap!)

Let’s talk about our first CLASSROOM ACTION PLAN

(CAP) #1(and then maybe go home for a

nap!)