Read, Read, Read to Succeed
Growing Independence and Fluency Lesson
By:
Rebekah Beason
Rationale:
Good readers read fluently. When a
person reads fluently, they automatically identify words as they read.
A fluent reader reads with ease and expression.
This is the ultimate goal of reading instruction.
One way to grow to be a fluent reader is to do repeated readings.
By reading and re-reading a text, unfamiliar words become easier to read
thus making your reading quicker.
This lesson is made to further develop students to be fluent readers by
improving their speed of reading and teaching them to change their tone as well
as expression as they read.
Materials:
A Speed Record Sheet for every student
A Fluency Literacy Rubric for every student
Pencils for every student
Book: a copy of Silly Tilly
Book: a copy of "The Crash in the Shed" for every student
Procedure:
1. Give an explanation of fluency and why good readers read fluently.
Say: Good morning friends!! To become great readers, we have to learn to
read fluently. This is done when
you read quickly and correct with no pausing.
When you read fluently, you also show feelings; your voice changes and
you show feeling as you read. Today, to become fluent readers we are going to
read and re-read the book "The Crash in the Shed." When we read and re-read a
passage it helps us to become familiar with words we did not know.
It is completely ok if you come to a word that you do not know, just use
your cover up critter or crosscheck which means that when you come to an unknown
word you read the rest of the sentence and go back to the word to figure out the
unknown word. The next time you
read the passage I know you will remember that new word."
2. Say: "Before you do any reading, I am going to model what reading fluently
looks and sounds like by reading Silly
Tilly. While I read, listen for changes in my voice and my speed. This book
is about a silly goose that gets into some crazy situations on the farm.
Let's find out what the other animals think about Tilly's pranks."
3. Now, it is your turn to practice reading fluently.
Then, I will give a brief booktalk on "The Crash in the Shed."
"In this
story,
Ben and Jess can't make up their minds whether to fish or collect shells.
Suddenly they hear a crash in the shed. Sounds like trouble! You will have to
read to find out what happens."
4. Before dividing into groups, pass out the books and model how to use the
Speed Record Sheet and Fluency Literacy Rubric.
Divide the students into partner groups.
In these partner groups, each child should get a Speed Record Sheet and a
Fluency Literacy Rubric. Model how
the students will take turns being the "reader" and how the "reader" will read
the whole text. Then, explain that
they will read again to see positive changes in their reading; and the other
partner will be the "recorder" whose job is to record the number of words that
were just read on the Speed Record Sheet.
"This process that I demonstrated should be repeated two more times.
At the end of the third time, the "recorder" should fill out the Fluency
Literacy Rubric by shading the circle that best describes the reading they just
heard. When this is done, the
"reader" will come the "recorder and the "recorder" will become the "reader."
Say: "Remember we are becoming good readers by reading fluently, so you should
read more words each time and show emotion by changing their voice with each
character of the story as you read."
5. To end our lesson, I will assess the students by asking them to my desk one
by one to have them read as much of the story as they can.
After reading, I will ask them to recollect everything they remembered
from the story to assess their comprehension of the text.
Another assessment would be for the
students to summarize Silly Tilly in
their own words and share it with a partner.
Resources:
Murray, Geri. "The Crash in the Shed"
Reading Genie:
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/
Eileen, Spinelli. Silly Tilly.
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2009.
Vanhooser, Holly.
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/invitations/vanhoosergf.htm