‰¥þRun Away With
Fluency‰¥ÿ
Whitney
Wingo
Rationale
It is important for children to improve the fluency in order
to become good readers. Fluent readers recognize words automatically. A
fluent
reader can read with expression and the words flow well together. This
lesson
is to help students become more fluent readers. They will do this
through timed
one-minute reads.
Materials
Chart Paper- ‰¥þSit on the floor‰¥ÿ
Book- The Runaway
Bunny
Paper
Pencil
Stopwatch for partners
Procedures
1. Explain to students the importance
of reading fluently, and what it is. Give examples, by reading aloud to
the
class what a non-fluent reader reads like, and what a fluent reader
reads like.
Ex. ‰¥þS‰¥Ïs.i.t onn the
ff‰¥Ïlloorrr‰¥ÿ (read slowly and choppy= non-fluent
reader).
‰¥þSit of the floor!‰¥ÿ (read smoothly and with
expression= fluent reader).
Explain
to the students that the more often they read, that they will begin to
recognize words more automatically. They can reread the sentence to
help them
improve fluency in their reading.
2. The teacher will introduce the book
The Runaway Bunny through a book talk. ‰¥þThere
was a little bunny who wanted
to run away from his mother. His mother wouldn䴜t let this
happen
because she
said she would run after him. So little bunny said if she did then he
would
turn into a fish. Mother bunny said, ‰¥þIf you become a fish
in a trout
stream‰¥ÏI
will become a fisherman and I will fish for you.‰¥ÿ Bunny
threatens to
turn into
many more things, and his mother won䴜t give up. Will bunny
ever run
away? What
will he turn into next? Help me read to find out.‰¥ÿ
3. The teacher will pair the
students up and
let one student read the book first, while the other one listens. Then
their
partner will read the book back to them.
4. Now the partners can take turns and
use the stop watch to time one another while reading the book. They can
only
read the book for one minute, and the partner who is timing the
reading, will
keep count of how many words the reader is reading correctly. They will
be able
to reread like this three times trying to read more fluently each time.
5. The students will be asked to hand
in the recordings of their reading at the end of this time period.
6. The assessment will be done by
checking the student䴜s fluency papers that they have
recorded. There
should be
an increase in fluency and the words read correctly.
References
Brown, Margaret W. The Runaway Bunny. Harper Collins
Publishers, 1942.
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