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Reading Fluency Lesson Plans
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Third graders participate in reader theater activities using Leo and Diane Dillion's, Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears, in order to develop reading fluency and increase vocabulary. They practice reading multiple-syllable words, complete a graphic organizer, write an essay and take an online quiz.
Utilizing a video camera, students will read a story in front of a camera and later analyze the footage. They discuss reading fluency techniques with their teacher after identifying their weak points on film. Adaptation: Use with peers to give feedback.
First graders use portable media players to improve their reading fluency. In this reading fluency instructional activity, 1st graders use a media player to read and record passages throughout the year to improve their reading fluency.
Motivate your class with this lesson! Learners use passages from Edgar Allan Poe's poetry to practice reading fluency. They read "The Raven" as a rap song to better understand the rhyming patterns and pauses.
Second graders define fluency and apply it in a reading drill. They discuss ways to read more fluently, observe a demonstration of the teacher reading in a rough and smooth manner, and in pairs demonstrate reading using the fluency strategies.
Students explore the five main components to reading fluency: faster reading, smoother reading, expressive reading, silent reading and voluntary reading. This lesson is designed to help children use expression as they read. Improvement of their reading fluency comes by repeated readings and peer readings.
Students illustrate reading fluency tied in with reading with expression. They practice this goal by reading a familiar book using expression. Modeling this type of expression is enveloped into this lesson.
Students practice the reading fluency strategy of reading with expression to gain a better understanding of the material they are reading. They study how to change the speed, volume and pitch in their voices. Each students reads with expression the book, "Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?" by Bonnie Lass and Philemon Sturges.
Students work to improve reading fluency. They complete one-minute timed readings with a partner--one student reads and the other times him using a stopwatch. They reverse roles several times and then repeat, documenting their progress.
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies, 3rd graders complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of their words read per minute and record their progress over time.
