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Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin

Lesson 10 - Compound Words

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Individually, words have power, but when added together, they can take on a whole other level of meaning. Readers learn about compound words in the 10th of 17 lessons of the Word Recognition and Fluency series. A script provides guidance...
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Hip Hip Hooray for Expression!!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify what it means to be fluent and that there are five components: reading faster, reading with expression, reading smoothly, reading silently and being able to read voluntarily. Then they focus on being able to read with...
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I Want To Go To the Library

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students are introduced to the library as a resource to obtain reading material. After a review of the way to correct reading mistakes, students travel to the school library to select a book according to their reading level. They...
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I'm Bananas for Faster, Fluent Reading!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students review the way to use cover-ups to focus on vowels and decoding. They listen as the teacher demonstrates reading a sentence slowly like a robot, and then a little faster each time, adding feeling and expression. They then read a...
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Speeding Into Fluent Reading

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars examine what it means to be a fluent reader. They review the cover up method for decoding words and practice sentences as a fluent and disfluent reader. They work in partners and read a book three different times for one...
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American Expression

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students exercise the strategy of reading more fluently with expression through practice and recognizing punctuation marks when reading. They read with expression the book, Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and a variety of...
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Not Just Words

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars work to improve their oral expression while reading aloud. They read and record an entire story with a partner and listen to the playback of the readings. They evaluate their expressive language using a given checklist.
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Shhh!!! I'm Reading!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice reading silently decodable texts in this lesson. They discuss the importance of being able to read silently. They then practice silently reading "Wemberly Worried." An assessment/checklist is included in this lesson.
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You Can't Hear Me!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Teach the skill of reading silently through modeling. The teacher demonstrate how to read silently and also gives instructions on decoding skills. Individuals then read silently using  the book Polly's Shop . The teacher uses an...
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Reading with Expression

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice reading with expression. After discussing how reading with feeling and expression can enhance the text, students listen as their partner reads a story with expression. Individual students read selected passages with...
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I Can Read With Expression

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners practice reading fluently and expressively through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking, decoding, and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. They create a deck of expression cards to...
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Poof!!! Let's Become Fluent Readers

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen as the teacher explains fluency and why it's important. They listen as the teacher demonstrates reading fluently and nonfluently. Students listen as the teacher introduces "Doc in the Fog." They practice reading the...
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Race To Finish

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing cross checking and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment...
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Buzz, Buzz, Buzz

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of...
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Simon Says: Mother May I?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After discussing the importance of fluency, pupils complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with the instructor, they read complete a timed assessment...
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Is That Expression in Your Voice Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?

For Teachers 3rd
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding strategies, 3rd graders, working in groups, write sentences that could be read with expression. Each member of the group takes turns...
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Zoom Zoom Zoom

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of...
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Eloquent Experts

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars practice reading with fluency and expression in this lesson. Students work with a partner with a set of sentence strips. They take turns pulling sentence strips out of the envelope and reading them aloud to each other...
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And the Race is On..

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students reread texts with one minute reads to increase their reading pace and fluency. They work with a partner and time each other's oral reading. They reread the book "Lee and the Team" and fill out their partner's Speed Record Sheet.
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Start Your Engines

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Student increase their reading fluency and expressiveness through the use of various strategies. After reviewing crosschecking, decoding, and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read...
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Race to the Finish Line

For Teachers 3rd
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing the importance of fluent reading, 3rd graders complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed...
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Racing Readers

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies, young scholars complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment...
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Flying with Adam Raccoon

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing rereading and decoding strategies , students complete multiple reads of a novel text. With the instructor, they read complete a timed...
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Express Yourself

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice reading with expression and improved fluency. After discussing how reading with fluency and expression can enhance the text, students listen as their partner reads a story with expression. Individual students read...

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