Fluency

=Podcast: "Phrasing for Fluency" Click [|here].=

=Practice with modeling: "Repeat After Us:Your Online Library and Language Lab" - Click [|here.]= = = =__Reader's Theatre__ Reader's Theatre is a great tool for improving fluency. These materials help students to pay attention to punctuation, work on phrasing, and reading at a faster pace. By re-reading a text, the child will improve on fluency rate and practice appropriate intonation and expression. Reader's Theatre is engaging and motivating. When a student is interested in the academic work a better product and success rate is achieved.= = = =In some cases, a child who struggles with fluency will also have difficulty with comprehension. Some other effective tools include, books on tape, choral reading, tongue twisters, and poems.=

Reader's Theater is a wonderful way to enjoy a story with children. When they participate in reading the story, they learn sequencing skills as well as increasing reading fluency. Here is a link to [|Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays for the Classroom] to download and use right away. It also has links to some great tools to help you get started. Here is another good source for [|Reader's Theater and also comprehension activities].