Rosie,
It sounds like you could make this work, based on your schedule, especially
if you took 5 minutes of your small group time each week to address the fluency
needs of these 9 students.
If you want some information about fluency training, contact the EC
department at DPI. I took DIBELS training through them three years ago, and
they only charged me for the classroom materials (I think it was under $50.)
You can get the information for free from DIBELS, but the training is important
so you can understand why you do and don't do certain things while you are
assessing the students.
I know DIBELS has lots of critics, (including Richard Allington, Tim
Rasinski, etc.) and for the most part I agree with the criticisms. But I also
see it as a tool I can use to help me help my students. It also gives me a way
to talk to parents about their child's reading struggles, it helped me get a
child extra help when her parents didn't think she needed it. I think the
people at DIBELS would agree that using it as the sole reason to hold a student
back was not their intent. Unfortunately, many school districts are making that
inference.
You might also look at Reading A to Z, they have information on fluency.
Joy/NC/4
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