Fluency : Questions, Answers, and Evidence-Based Strategies

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Pub. Date: 2002-03-01
Publisher(s): Kendall Hunt Pub Co
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Table of Contents

Preface iv
About the Authors v
Part 1: Questions and Answers about Fluency 1(18)
Overview & Anticipation Guide
2(1)
What Is Fluency?
3(1)
Why is Fluency important?
3(1)
Does Fluency Apply to Silent Reading?
4(1)
How Is Rate of Reading Determined?
4(1)
What Oral Reading Rates Are Appropriate for Different Grade Levels?
5(2)
What Are Some Ways to Assess Fluency?
7(3)
What's Wrong with Round Robin Oral Reading?
10(4)
What Part of the Reading Program Should Be Devoted to Fluency Instruction?
14(1)
What Insights Can Be Drawn from Research and Expert Opinion?
15(1)
What Factors Can Impact Fluency?
16(1)
When Should Fluency Instruction Begin?
16(1)
What Are the Basic Principles of Fluency Instruction?
16(3)
Part 2: Evidence-Based Strategies, Activities, and Resources 19(54)
Overview
20(3)
Classroom Instruction
22(1)
Basic Sight Words
23(4)
Language Experience
27(2)
Shared Book Experience
29(2)
Echo Reading
31(1)
Choral Reading
32(1)
Antiphonal Reading
33(2)
Readers Theater
35(2)
Radio Reading
37(3)
Oral Recitation Lesson
40(2)
Fluency Development Lesson
42(1)
Say It Like the Character
43(2)
Super Signals
45(2)
Phrase Boundaries
47(2)
Assisted Reading
48(1)
Paired Reading
49(3)
Neurological Impress Method
52(1)
Preview-Pause-Prompt-Praise
53(3)
Structured Repeated Readings
56(3)
Tape, Check, Chart
59(2)
Reading While Listening
61(5)
Independent Practice
65(1)
Sustained Silent Reading (SSR)
66(3)
Read and Relax
69(4)
Appendices 73(14)
Appendix A-Answers to Anticipation Guide for Fluency
75(2)
Appendix B-Scripts for Readers Theater
77(10)
References 87(4)
Index 91

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