Our Country and Its People Unit 6 , Lesson 3 Open Court 2002 A Place Called Freedom http://www.opencourtresources.com Phrase-cued Fluency Practice Linda Day Crowville Middle School http://www.opencourtresources.com

To the Teacher: Fluency is the ability to read a text accurately and quickly. It is important because it provides a bridge between word recognition and comprehension. Studies have shown that even when students recognize many words automatically, their oral reading still may be expressionless, not fluent. To read with expression, readers must be able to divide the text into meaningful chunks. These chunks include phrases and clauses. Studies also suggest that there is a close relationship between fluency and reading comprehension. Some readers may recognize words automatically in isolation or on a list, they may not read the same words fluently when the words appear in sentences in connected text. Fluency develops gradually over considerable time and through substantial practice* The following slides are phrases taken from each story in Unit 6, Our Country and Its People. (Open Court 2002) *From Put Reading First—K-3 (Fluency) NIFL www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading-first

worked in the

short drink of water

to find our way

just after sunrise

into their house

sat by the fire

made your tongue glad

because so many

in a place called

want to learn

like magic to me

put seeds in the ground

wanted to grow up

I don’t see why a

because I raised the

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