Our Country and Its People Unit 6, Lesson 4 Our Country and Its People Unit 6, Lesson 4 Open Court 2002 Phrase-cued Fluency Practice Linda Day Crowville Middle School

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

a beautiful sight

Visited America

was to be very

whom he would call

to welcome people

would be very large

worked together in a

the Declaration of Independence

for a number of years

during this time

skin of gleaming copper

began the hard work

money was raised

was riveted in place

on the Fourth of July