1. Our Country and Its People Unit 6, Lesson 7 Open Court 2002
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Phrase-cued Fluency Practice
Linda Day
Crowville Middle School

2. 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

3. whatever you want

4. early Sunday morning

5. mix and knead

6. in charge of

7. makes the dough

8. it’s a lot like

9. in a huge pot of water

10. crinkled my nose

11. until they are done

12. buy everything up

13. mixture of both of you

14. The
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