Reading+Fluency

Fluency Models

[|Lit2Go] is a free online collection of poems and stories that you can download to your computer or Mp3 players. You can print the poems and stories as well so students can follow along with the text while they listen.

[|tumblebooks] are a great resource for students to hear books that are read fluently. There is a fee for this site but most public libraries have a license. Contact your public libraries to see if they have it or would be willing to purchase it. The books have some animation that the students love.

[|Storyline Online] features actors from the Screen Actors Guild reading popular titles.


 * Readers Theater ****﻿**is one of my favorite ways to work on reading fluency through repeated reading. The students don't mind rereading material if they know they are going to perform. They work on reading fluency with prosody to enhance meaning.

To get scripts just google free Readers Theater scripts and you will get many sources. Here are a few to get you started.

[|teachingheart.net]

[|mandygregory.com]

[|americanrhetoric.com]

I had a Reader's Theater Fluency Group perform lunch theater for the teacher's three times a year. The students loved to perform for their former and present teachers and the teachers loved hearing their former students reading with style.

Podcasting

Podcasting is one of the easiest way to perform Reader's Theater. The students learn very quickly how to record and edit their podcasts. They hear how they read and strive to improve their fluency. Podcasts can be easily shared and because they can be edited, the performance is well done and received.

I use Garage Band with great success but for PC people I found that [|educationworld.com] has suggestions for how you can podcast for free in your classroom.