We do Fluency Folders. Students are given a short passage about 200 words or so. (I use Remedias book called Passages for Speed and Content). Everynight they read the passage with their parents,and they time them reading the entire passage. Some of my students even try to beat their parent's time. On Fridays I time the student for 1 minute and that is their final score. We did it for the first nine weeks of school and we did see improvement.
-------------- Original message from gina nunley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -------------- > > I too have students who are focusing on increasing speed. They are sixth > graders whose strategy work is progressing well, and they love to read, but > they're painfully aware that their rate is slower than most. > > Do any of you have approaches you've used. I only have 30 minutes with this > group so I need something simple. We were doing timed readings, but I didn't > see much growth. Perhaps I didn't give it a fair chance. I have avoided good > old fashioined flash cards with words, though I know a teacher who believes > it > develops automaticity. Any ideas? > > You can e-mail me out of the group at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you'd like. > > Thanks! > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook together at last. Get it > now. > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102225181033.aspx?pid=CL100626971033 > > _______________________________________________ > 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. >
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