Performance Poetry!!!!
On 5/22/07 10:51 AM, "Carol Carlson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree that there is a correlation with fluency and comprehension. > Students need both, especially at the primary grades. > My question is about middle school. > With a much shorter period for literacy instruction--42 minutes per > day for reading, how much fluency is necessary for students reading > at grade level. > For struggling readers, I know teachers need to do further diagnosis > to determine why students are struggling. > But I'm at a loss whether I encourage any fluency or oral reading at > the junior high. > Any suggestions? > Thanks, > Carol > LA Content Specialist, K-8 > La Grange, Il > > On May 22, 2007, at 8:24 AM, Laura Klug wrote: > >> I agree with the importance of fluency to comprehension. The problem >> that arises is how we work on improving fluency. Testing speed is not >> the answer in my opinion.What I see a lot of in reading series and >> "programs" is the repetition of text and subsequent testing to record >> the rate of reading. Fluency has so much more to do with cadence >> intonation , attention to punctuation , etc,. We need to be teaching >> srategies for fluid reading the wy we teach strategies for >> comprehension. The point is to increase understanding of the text. >> >> Things like Reader's Theatre and reading poetry do a lot more to >> increase fluency because the format of the text forces the reader >> to pay >> attention to the issues involved in reading fluently. Another >> effective >> approach is working on studetns' writing to improve fluency. The >> writer >> knows how he/she wants the piece to sound. The writer as reader >> intrinsically understands the importance of fluency to comprehension. >> >> Forgive my typos -- time presses :) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave >> Middlebrook >> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:00 AM >> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Re-replies to my fluency v. comprehension >> >> This is an interesting thread -- as evidenced in part by the fact that >> it >> has split a few times into sub-threads. My thoughts: Whether and to >> what >> degree fluency is important depends upon the text being read and what >> the >> reader needs to get from that text. Two examples come to mind: poetry >> and >> contracts. >> >> Poetry requires a lot of fluency. Lose the fluency and, more often >> than >> >> not, you miss the magic -- and many layers of meaning as well. >> >> Contracts can -- and are often designed to -- put you to sleep. The >> littlest details count. Much can hang on small words like "and" and >> "or"; >> and where you put the emphasis in a sentence -- which word or >> phrase -- >> can >> often make all the difference in whether a deal will work for you. In >> short, if you don''t put some serious fluency into the reading of a >> contract, you can get skinned alive. >> >> Having said all that, I can also think of plenty of texts that don't >> require >> much fluency -- but even those are richer with fluency. Think "Stop" >> signs >> and advertising slogans and other such pedestrian texts that are the >> wallpaper of our lives. Bottom line: fluency is important sometimes, >> and >> beneficial most of the time. Some texts make little or no sense >> without >> it, >> and even where it's not necessary it can add richness to our lives. >> >> I agree with Laura's comments, below. Fluency is a bridge to >> comprehension. >> Children need to make the connection between fluency and >> comprehension. >> It >> is an important tool. That said, I liked the way Nancy Haggerty >> struck >> the >> balance: >> >> "...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." >> >> Has anybody read "The Joys of Yiddish"? Now there's the argument for >> fluency! >> >> >> Dave Middlebrook >> The Textmapping Project >> A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills >> instruction. >> www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your colleagues! >> USA: (609) 771-1781 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 7:22 AM >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Re-replies to my fluency v. comprehension >> >> >>> >>> In a message dated 5/22/2007 7:19:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>> >>> Skip the fluency and work on inference and questioning >>> techniques... >>> >>> >>> Hi all. Just weighing in here. Fluency is the "bridge" between >> decoding >>> and comprehension. >>> When we free up brain space by developing fluency that is all the >>> more >> >>> space >>> children can devote to the thinking we are asking them to do. It can >> not >>> and should not be skipped. It also should not just be timed reading >>> without >>> attention to comprehension. We need to include retelling in our >> fluency >>> work >>> to insure that the children make the connection back to >> comprehension. >>> >>> Laura >>> readinglady.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ************************************** See what's free at >>> http://www.aol.com. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. > -- 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. 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