You could also use Readers' Theater to build their fluency. It's more fun than just cold reads....
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency > > In a message dated 2/9/2007 5:41:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > But the thing that sticks with me most about your post is that you are > doing these fluency checks weekly. Let's see.... 20 students.... 5 > minutes per students (the test itself plus all the transition time and > notetaking).... that's 100 minutes a week that you are not teaching. > How do you feel about this? > > I would be interested in knowing what strategies you can get from your > literacy coach. > Renee > > > I must test each student that is below level grade, for me that is 9 > students. One of whom I just test on sight words because he is ESL and > hasn't > mastered them all yet. I forgot to mention I am supposed to l have each > student > read the passage three times and then take the best reading for > documentation > purposes. Yes, I MUST do this weekly, it is not optional. > > I am not sure if this is politically correct or not but I think my > students > would make more progress if they were being taught on their reading level, > not > their grade level. What is wrong with ability grouping for reading? Yes > I > know that they need to hear better readers, but even within a class of > "low > readers" there will still be varying levels of ability. Not to mention > that > they hear me read to them every day. > > I make this analogy: If I spend my whole day in a calculus class yet I > don't understand sixth grade math how am I to become a better math > student? > > Rosie > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
