Today We Will Identify current practices/resources in SCCSD for
fluency Identify essential components of fluency Explore new ways
to instruct on fluency Collaborate with colleagues to expand our
fluency tool belt
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What do you do in your class?
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Fluency is the ability to read with comprehension, accuracy,
speed and expression. Pertains to both oral and silent reading
Decoding becomes relatively effortless Students who are fluent
readers are better able to devote time to comprehension. Classroom
practices that encourage repeated oral reading with feedback and
guidance lead to meaningful improvements in reading expertise for
students. p.12 Read widely and often (Fluency Strategies and
Assessment book by J.Johns)
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Third Grade: Amy Oleson Kindergarten: Tina Brennan Fifth:
Lindsey Nelson
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Kindergarten Expression Lesson Tina Brennan
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Read Aloud The Pigeon Needs a Bath BY MO WILLEMS
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Reading with EXPRESSION You are learning to be good readers,
and what it means to read fluently, so you sound like you are
talking. Today we are going to talk about reading with expression.
Reading with expression means you add feeling in your voice. I know
that as a good readers, if I read with expression, the listener is
going to enjoy my reading more, plus it will help me understand
what I am reading. The secret to reading with expression is to look
at the punctuation marks that the author gives us in the text, like
exclamation marks, and then change your voice to make it sound
happy, sad, excited, scared, or other feelings. I DO
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Reading Using Periods I am going to read you a few pages of The
Pigeon Needs a Bath. (**Read without any feeling**) Then a second
time paying attention to punctuation marks.
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Reading With Exclamation Points and Great Feeling
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Changing Your Voice Using Question Marks
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REREAD using EXPRESSION Remember to pay attention to the
punctuation I am thinking that I need to read that again. I will
use the punctuation marks that the author added and put some
feeling in my voice. **Read again with excitement** I think that
sounded better, dont you? I understand how important these jobs
are, so I want to read to get my listener to understand their
importance too. I bet you liked hearing it more the second
time.
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WE DO Students will echo read sentence strips form the text The
Pigeon Needs a Bath adding appropriate expression. Discuss why your
voice needs to change with reading sentences with different kinds
of punctuation like periods, question marks, and exclamation
points. EXCLAMATION POINTS (voice goes up) No way! QUESTION MARKS
(voice goes up and pauses) Do you like pizza? SENTENCE ( voice
stays the same) I like dogs.
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YOU DO Now student will read guided reading books and other Mo
Williams texts with expression, such as big books during shared
reading, noting punctuation marks such as exclamation points to
give clues to show feeling. Other Mo Willems books: The Duckling
Gets a Cookie! * Dont Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! * The Pigeon
Finds a Hot Dog! * The Pigeon Has Feelings Too! * The Pigeon Loves
Things That Go! * The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!
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Changing your voice using question marks
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Round Robin What are some ways you can incorporate this
information in your classroom? 30 second think time 3 minute Round
Robin share What are some ways you can incorporate this information
in your classroom? 30 second think time 3 minute Round Robin
share
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Third Grade Fluency Lesson Amy Oleson
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What do good readers do? Before Reading Think about what you
already know. Make predictions Retell what you read the day before.
During Reading Eyes on text- follow along as others read. Read the
whole time. Read fluently with accuracy, rate and phrasing. Make
connections Ask questions as you read to check for understanding.
After Reading Check for Understanding
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Fluency Reading text smoothly so that you sound like you are
talking. Phrasing (grouping words together) Rate (not too fast or
too slow) Accuracy (saying each word correctly) Expression (use
your voice to show feeling)
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Before Reading. Access your Prior Knowledge The title of our
poem today is, Pumpkin Pals. Think, Pair, Share What do you know
about pumpkins ? What do you know about pals ? What might happen in
this poem?
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Check for understanding by asking questions. I will read the
first stanza. Think about any questions you might have about the
poem.
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Learner Target: Be able to ask and answer questions as you read
to check for understanding. Two pumpkins in pumpkin patch argued
and debated which one of them deserved to be carved and decorated.
What were some questions you had as I read this sentence to
you?
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During Reading. Check for Understanding Be able to tell who the
poem was about and what happened.
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Pumpkin Pals Two pumpkins in pumpkin patch argued and debated
which one of them deserved to be carved and decorated.
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After Reading. Check for Understanding Think, Pair, Share Tell
your partner who the poem was about and what happened.
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Phrasing Group words together to make reading sound more
natural, like you are talking and to help us understand what we are
reading. One secret is to..pause at punctuation. !. ?, - I really
like hamburgers, pizza and milk.
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Some words just go together to form a phrase like peanut butter
and jelly or .. time for lunch have a good day be right back I
would like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
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Lets Try It! Matt loves spaghetti and meatballs. With a
partner, practice reading the sentence by pausing in different
spots. Be able to share the way you and your partner think it
sounds the best and explain why. What does the author really want
us to remember about his phrase?
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Groups words together to help us understand what we are reading
and to sound more natural, like we are talking.. Two pumpkins in a
pumpkin patch // (what about them?) argued and debated // (about
what?) which one of them deserved to be // carved and decorated. //
How are we going to remember where to pause?
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Partner Read First person reads twice. Partner gives feedback.
Accuracy: Did they read all the words correctly? Phrasing : Did
they pause in the right spots and groups words together to make
meaning? First person reads one more time. Switch When Done : Tell
about a time you argued and debated with someone. What was it
about? Did you come to an agreement? Read to Self Use good phrasing
by pausing at punctuation. Check for understanding by asking
questions as you read and tell who and what after each page. If you
cant, go back and reread.
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Readers Theater Weekly Template
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All Write Round Robin! All write: Ways that we could use this
information in our class next week. Round Robin Share Pause after
each teammate shares to record an idea you like, on your own paper.
All write: Ways that we could use this information in our class
next week. Round Robin Share Pause after each teammate shares to
record an idea you like, on your own paper.
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Grade 5 Fluency Phrasing Lindsey Nelson
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Phrasing Haunted House
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Phrasing Marks. I plan ahead where the natural phrases are for
chunking together. I mark them on my paper ahead of time. I put an
unmarked copy of the passage on doc cam for students to see (they
also have their individual ones). Model and remind students what
phrasing means and how some words sound more natural when they are
chunked together (peanut butter and jelly). Read the passage orally
(I usually just start with the first paragraph.) As you read
orally, emphasize the phrases chunked together. Stop after a few
sentences or at end of the paragraph and ask students what phrases
they heard. Model the first one: Did you hear when I read the words
were chunked together? This is a phrase and I want to keep those
words together. That helps it sound more like natural talking. Have
students share where they hear the phrasing that you read orally.
Mark it on doc cam passage and have students mark on their
individual copies too. You can continue this process into the
second paragraph as needed or as time allows.
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Phrasing with Punctuation. Yesterday we listened to the passage
and determined where we heard natural chunks of words, or phrases.
Then we marked those phrases with phrasing marks. Authors have
helped us do this work though through punctuation. Authors when
they write, do the same thing we did yesterday. They determine what
words sound natural when chunked together and places where a break
or pause is needed. Authors use periods and commas to signal those
pause places. Look at paragraph ___. Highlight the every place you
see a period or comma. Now listen as I read this paragraph. When I
am done reading, I am going to ask what you noticed I did at each
period and/or comma. Read the paragraph, being sure to phrase the
words together between punctuation marks. Discuss how this helps
students sound and read fluently, just like natural talking.
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Phrasing with Commas. Yesterday we looked at how punctuation:
periods and commas are used to help us phrase. Today we are going
to look more specifically at commas and how/why each comma is used.
Three purposes for commas: i.Separate a list of items/objects
ii.Aid in the flow on long sentences iii.Slow the reader down on
descriptive sentences to allow visualizing Point out sentences in
the passage that model each type of comma use (or at least 1 of the
types of comma use). Discuss: why the comma was important there,
how it helps the reader sound more fluent, etc Formative Assessment
Question: Find at least one (other) place a comma was used in this
passage and identify the purpose for that comma.
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Stand Up! Hand up! Pair up! What is one strategy for teaching
phrasing that I could use in my classroom next week? 5 minutes What
is one strategy for teaching phrasing that I could use in my
classroom next week? 5 minutes
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How can I fit it all in?? OVERLAP Fluency Vocabulary
Comprehension (tied to the power standards)
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Rally Robin with a shoulder partner. How could we use this
passage throughout the week to teach: Fluency Vocabulary
Comprehension Develop a plan
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Rally Robin with a shoulder partner. How could we use this
passage throughout the week to teach: Fluency Vocabulary
Comprehension Develop a plan
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Example Weekly Plan Monday Fluency Cold Read (1 min timing)
Vocabulary (pitiful) Read to determine the main problem (stated
info)
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Example Weekly Plan Tuesday Fluency (Phrasing Marks) EI
Vocabulary (emerged) Read to determine the solution to Traviss
problem (infered info)
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Example Weekly Plan Wednesday Fluency (Phrasing with
Punctuation) EI Vocabulary (wounded) Read to determine meaning of,
But the sound that emerged was a pitiful honk, like a wounded
goose. (Determine meaning of words and phrases, including
figurative language -simile)
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Example Weekly Plan Thursday Fluency (Phrasing with Commas) EI
Vocabulary (astonished) Read to answer questions, referring
explicitly to the text for justification.
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Example Weekly Plan Friday Fluency (1 min Hot Read) Vocabulary
(constant) Read to summarize passage (Read on-level text fluently
and accurately, with understanding.)
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Explore and Collaborate with Colleagues Resources Poetry,
Readers Theatres, Short Stories, Excerpts from books Partner
Reading, Choral Reading, Echo Reading, Repeated Readings, Teacher
Read Aloud, Timed Readings Readers theatres and poetry for
Science/Social Studies DC folder Quick Reads Websites A to Z
passages (Requires a Membership - Some schools have a membership or
check with your principal about getting one.) www.newsela.com:
Great resource if you use current events in your classrooms! It
allows you to use the same news story with your students, but
adjust the reading level to meet their needs while still having
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