TOOLS FOR SUCCESS

• MYSTERY PARAGRAPH

• FLUENCY - CONNECTION TO COMPREHENSION….GUESS WHO?

• CONTENT ASSESSED ON FCAT READING SUBTESTS

• FOLDABLE STRATEGY

• OTHER GREAT IDEAS

MYSTERY PARAGRAPH

Is reading really as easy as you think?

Since when does spelling not count?

Fluency

• Oral reading fluency is the ability to read with accuracy, and with appropriate rate, expression, and phrasing.

Fluency

• Provides a bridge between word recognition and comprehension.

• Strengthened by repeated and monitored oral reading.

• Is often neglected.

Why Fluency is Important

• Allows readers to focus attention on making connections between ideas in a text and between these ideas and their background knowledge.

• Less fluent readers must focus their attention primarily on decoding and accessing the meaning of individual words.

• Therefore, they have little attention left for comprehending the text.

Practice Oral Rereading:

• student-adult reading

• choral reading

• partner reading

• tape-assisted reading

• Readers’ Theatre

GUESS WHO?

Moving right along…

Now it’s time to read the alligator article…

We have reached the FINISH…

Have a Great Year!