Elaine, My thoughts exactlly.
Lori On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 19:10 , elaine garan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >I'm not Tim, but I'll jump in here with a thought that might put your >experience in a different perspective. > >Do you think it's possible that when he's reading aloud, he's so >focused on how he sounds that he isn't thinking about what he's >reading? This happens to me. When I'm reading in front of an audience, >very often, I have no idea of what I've read. Maybe this is a sign that >he's a mature reader. How often do any of us read aloud? How often do >we worry about how fluently we read or how we sound? And when we do >worry about that, what happens to our comprehension? Most of us do most >of our reading silently. > >Beyond beginning reading, beyond first grade, there is a zero >correlation between fluency and comprehension. In fact, fluency (in >terms of a focus on wpm and even prosody) can actually interfere with >comprehension because the reader is thinking about that performance >aspect instead of meaning, especially if he or she is being timed. . >The research supports that. So maybe this boy is a fluent as he needs >to be. And if he's reading silently with comprehension, then why worry >about how he sounds when he reads aloud since most of mature reading >and even reading for tests is silent anyway? > > >On Saturday, July 7, 2007, at 05:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Yes he can. When he reads aloud he rereads constantly and has hardly >> any >> comprehension. If I ask him to read a page silently and tell me what >> it's about >> he can. He's a mystery. >> >> Sue >> >> >> >> ************************************** 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.
