I may be opening a can of worms, but if she reads well silently, has good comprehension, and uses higher order thinking skills, why does she need to read smoothly aloud? There aren't too many professions that rely on fluent read-alouds---ours and broadcast journalism come to mind. Don't we spend most of our reading lives reading silently?
Thoughts? Melissa/VA/2nd On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Jennifer Olimpieri <[email protected]>wrote: > I have a student that reads well silently, her comprehension is fabulous, > higher order thinker. However, when she reads orally, it is very choppy. I > happen to be friends with her mother and she is frustrated because she has > addressed this issue for the last couple of years and basically the school > isn't doing anything anymore. The child is currently in fourth grade, > received small group instruction is 2nd and 3rd grades and her mother also > paid for her to have vision therapy. Nothing seems to help improve her > fluency since it is not impacting her comprehension. Can anyone give me some > suggestions on how I may help this child. > > --- On Tue, 4/7/09, Jennifer Hartkopf <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Jennifer Hartkopf <[email protected]> > Subject: [MOSAIC] Reading Comprehension > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 10:27 AM > > Hi! My name is Jennifer and I am currently a student at Wayne State > University. > I recently read an article that I found to be true in the class that I did > my > pre-student teaching. A lot of students would read with fairly good > fluency, > but when confronted with comprehension and critical thinking questions they > were > unable to participate. Is this a problem in other classes and are there > strategies/activities to try to overcome this? I would like to have strong > readers as well as strong comprehenders in my classroom. > > Thanks! > > Jennifer Hartkopf > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
