Our Country and Its People Unit 6, Lesson 2 Our Country and Its People Unit 6, Lesson 2 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

loved to visit

over one hundred years ago

took a train

joined up with other travelers

must have followed us

jumping in the river

by the time

would bring lots of business

all these people

came to the village

had shops on both sides

moved into the house

people who stayed

on it came

and then what

when I was five