While waiting for my adult daughter's hair to be cut at the mall in Raleigh
today, I wandered into Barnes and Noble to look for your assessment book.
Instead I found The Fluent Reader. I sat down and started to skim, then slowed
down because the information was so vital to what I'm thinking about for my
students next year. I became so engrossed that several hours passed, and I
forgot all about lunch!
I'm very excited and can't wait to try some of the ways you suggested for
building fluency. I especially liked Radio Reading, your suggestions for Paired
Reading, and Repeated Reading Through Listening. These are three things that I
can use in the classroom, and can teach my TA so she can help me. (She also
tutors students, and I think these will give her some guidelines for improving
her student's reading.) These strategies do not focus on speed, and do include
a variety of ways for students to show they "got it." (I really like the
Response After Read Aloud, too. These will help me keep their interest while
including a variety of learning styles.)
I also liked your Multidimensional Fluency Scale. It will give me specific
ways to communicate what I am seeing and hearing when my students read aloud.
I wish I had read this when I first started teaching. Along with MOT, STW,
and Reading with Meaning, this is now on my list of "must reads" for how to
teach reading.
Joy/NC/4
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