A. Read fluently (accurately and with automaticity) at approximately 120 words per minute (AL COS 3)

Poetry: A Feast to Form Fluent Readers
Students will use Internet resources to observe poetry performed orally and discuss elements of the performance that lead to fluency and meaning of the written text. Students then use online resources to select a poem to perform out loud.

Multipurpose Poetry: Introducing Science Concepts and Increasing Fluency
In this lesson, students work in small groups to develop a choral reading of two poems about an assigned insect. The poems serve as an introduction to a research investigation (via the Internet) about the insect. Students compile factual information about the insect and present the information, along with their choral poetry readings to the class.

Using a Predictable Text to Teach High-Frequency Words
This lesson uses a predictable text to help students learn high-frequency words.

The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing
This lesson begins with a shared reading of the story, Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley. After the shared reading, students engage in a paired reading of the online version to build fluency and word recognition skills.
 

5 Surefire Strategies for Developing Reading Fluency:  Give students the practice to read with ease and confidence, and watch accuracy and understanding soar.

Gamequarium.com:  An outstanding website loaded with language arts games galore.

Book Hive:  A guide to children's literature and books

Readinglady.com:  This site has an outstanding collection of downloads to assist the teacher with reading behaviors.

Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding)

E/B: Read one's own writing or simple narrative text and begin to produce phonemes appropriately.
E/B: Recognize and produce English phonemes students already know, and possibly use them in simple phrases or sentences.
D: Identify change in voice and expression in stories that are read by self and read aloud.
D: Use letter-sound relationships and word roots to produce and understand multi-syllabic words; E: Use letter-sound relationships and word roots to produce and understand new word families.
D, E: Recognize and use prefixes and suffixes to find meanings of unknown words.
D: Use synonyms and antonyms to demonstrate understanding of words; E: Use synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and homographs to determine meanings of words.
E: Identify and analyze sentence and context clues to find meanings of unknown words.
E: Read narrative and expository texts with change in voice and expression.
 

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