IPOSSIBILITIES JUNE 7, 2013 PRESENTED BY: MARCY BUERGLER

EFFECTIVE READERS Using smoothly integrated operations to process the meaning, language, and print

FLUENCY… …is highly interrelated with comprehension Observable behaviors that language is being processed in a meaningful way …is complex! …is dependent on many factors …is more than “speed reading” Common Core State Standards—RF.(K-5).4 K

SIX DIMENSIONS Pausing Refers to the way the readers voice is guided by punctuation Phrasing Refers to the way readers put words together in groups that are meaningful Stress Refers to the emphasis readers put on certain words Intonation (commonly called “expression” and technically “prosody”) Refers to the way the reader varies the tone, pitch, and volume to reflect meaning in the text Rate Refers to the pace at which a reader moves through the text Integration Refers to the way the reader consistently and evenly orchestrates pausing, phrasing, stress, intonation, and rate

GUIDED READING LEVELS AND FLUENCY

READING RATE End of Grade Oral Reading Rate (WPM) Silent Reading Rate (WPM)

FLUENCY INSTRUCTION Avoid round robin

TIM RASINSKI Accuracy Model Assisted Reading Practice Phrasing

THE RASINSKI“LESSON PLAN” 1. Teacher reads the text 2. Teacher/students talk about the text and the way you read it 3. Read the text together 4. Groups of 2-3 students read it together 5. Performance of texts read aloud by students 6. Choose 4-5 words from the text to talk about, look at features 7. Five minutes of word practice 8. Take the text home to read with parents, siblings, family pets, stuffed animals, etc.

THE MARCY “LESSON PLAN” Explicit mini-lessons Choral Reading Shared Reading Echo Reading LEA (Language Experience Approach) Rehearsed Performance Readings Poetry Poems for Two Voices Reader’s Theater Songs Familiar Reads Listening to Reading Written Conversations

THE MARCY “LESSON PLAN”, CONT. Poetry Poems for Two Voices Reader’s Theater Songs Familiar Reads Listening to Reading Written Conversations LEA (Language Experience Approach)

POETRY FAVORITES MaryAnn Hoberman Paul Fleischman

SONG FAVORITES Alan Katz

IMPLEMENTATION Small groups during Reading Block RTI Literacy Workstations Daily 5 Fluency Folder

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QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? Marcy Buergler