1. Our Country and Its People Unit 6 , Lesson 3 Open Court 2002
A Place Called Freedom
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. worked in the

4. short drink of water

5. to find our way

6. just after sunrise

7. into their house

8. sat by the fire

9. made your tongue glad

10. because so many

11. in a place called

12. want to learn

13. like magic to me

14. put seeds in the ground

15. wanted to grow up

16. I don’t see why a

17. because I raised the

18. The End