A. Read fluently with expression and attention to punctuation (AL COS)

1. articulation (speak clearly and correctly)
2. voice modulation (volume and speed)
3. recognize effect of pause, volume, pitch and tone

Readers Theater
Through this activity, students have the opportunity to develop fluency and further enhance comprehension of what they are reading.

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.

History Comes Alive: Using Social Studies to Improve Fluency and Comprehension
The script is used to develop fluency through Readers Theater practice, before students audition for their favorite parts. Once parts are assigned, students practice their lines, create props, design costumes, and generate sound effects. Finally, students perform their play before an audience.
 

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. Following an "analyze and apply process," students will prepare and perform their poem for the class. A performance critique sheet is used to evaluate students' oral performance, and can be used for self-evaluation, peer evaluation, and teacher evaluation.

Readers Theatre
Students become excited and enthusiastic about reading when they are presented with the opportunity to participate in Readers Theatre. In this lesson, students develop scripts, perform in groups, and practice using their voice to depict characters from texts. Through this activity, students have the opportunity to develop fluency and further enhance comprehension of what they are reading.

The Reading Genie: Developing Reading Fluency:  Direct and indirect approaches to developing reading fluency are reviewed.

Reading Fluency:  Tips for repeated reading, peer tutoring, and previewing are reviewed.

Fluency Instruction:  This is an article all about fluency instruction from Put Reading First K-3.

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

E/B: Read one's own writing and/or simple narrative texts and begin to produce phonemes appropriately; D: Read simple narrative and expository texts with some elements of appropriate voice and expression; E: Read narrative and expository texts with appropriate timing, voice, and expression.
E/B: Recognize and produce English phonemes and morphemes students already know in simple phrases or sentences.
D: Recognize and produce some frequently heard synonyms and homographs; E: Understand most frequently heard synonyms, antonyms, and homographs.
E: Apply knowledge of roots and affixes to derive meaning from literature.
E: Identify and interpret words with multiple meanings.
 

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