1. Our Country and Its People Unit 6, Lesson 5 Open Court 2002
The Butterfly Seeds
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. in the middle

4. stared out the window

5. in the little tin box

6. trailing over the side

7. shouted over the ring

8. played his harmonica

9. a story made up

10. through the crowded street

11. back and forth

12. and they like America too

13. kind of seeds

14. the beautiful butterfly garden

15. show-and-tell

16. but everyone agreed

17. the dark narrow alley

18. the neighborhood children

19. The End