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 Fluency, or the automatic recognition of words in reading, is the link between decoding and comprehension. Students who read fluently are better able to: extract meaning from print, use context cues and enjoy reading. Some strategies for helping your child develop fluency would include frequent readings of predictable books or text that can be read accurately. Your child should not be frustrated by reading text that is too difficult. The same material should be read three to four times for optimal benefit. In addition, fluency can be increased when combined with strategies to enhance comprehension such as vocabulary development. Four ways to build reading fluency would include: (1) Model good oral reading. There should be short, frequent periods of fluency practice on a regular basis which include modeling. (2) Provide oral support for your child. There are many forms of supported reading, including choral reading, paired reading, and using recorded materials. (3) Offer plenty of practice opportunities. Practice is required in order to gain proficiency. (4) Encourage fluency through phrasing. Often meaning lies in a text's phrases. Therefore, the ability to separate a text into phrases aids comprehension. In addition, reading in phrases promotes fluency in that it moves the reader away from reading word-by-word thereby creating a bridge to greater fluency. A source for some of the very best books which includes a list of current and past Newbery and Caldecott Award medal winners and honor books appears on the web site for the American Library Association: http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html and http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html HAPPY READING! A website for Online Reading is: - Digital Text: www.icdlbooks.org offers 820 books online in nine languages. |
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A good website to visit for teachers and parents is: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Reader/index.html This website has activities to get children excited about language and learning. In addition, visit www.wilsonlanguage.com to learn more about the Wilson Reading Program, a multisensory reading program, designed to remediate weaknesses in the areas of reading and spelling. |