I think if children do lots and lots of reading in meaningful and inspiring situations, that for most children, fluency will not be a serious issue. You become fluent in a language by speaking it.
Lori On 5/22/07 5:18 AM, "Nancy Hagerty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think that we can aford to "skip" the fluency practice. > Certainly I would agree to keep working on (always) questioning and > inferencing, but fluency will actually allow for more in-depth reading. > We do have to be careful to take the entire child into consideration. > Yea for the child who is exhibiting comprehension using the thinking > strategies despite low fluency, but I would also continue to work on > some fluency with that child. These are all "pieces" to a complete > package. > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/21/07 10:49 PM >>> > Skip the fluency and work on inference and questioning techniques... > > :) > > C > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute "Literate Lives: A Human Right" July 12-15, 2007 Louisville, Kentucky http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/wlu _______________________________________________ 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.
