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From the ORC Collection
More Resources on Fluency Instruction: Best Practices for Older Readers
Here are some resources from the ORC collection related to this month's theme, Fluency
Instruction: Best Practices for Older Readers. Some are general resources, others
focus on reader's theater and reading aloud, and two are lessons to help develop
fluency.
General
Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 2–12 Professional Commentary: Fluency is a goal for all readers, including those with disabilities. Students who have developed accurate word pronunciation skills may still experience labored or slow reading instead of smooth and automatic reading....
A Look at the OGT: What to Do When They Can't Read the Passage Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–10 Professional Commentary: "A Look at the OGT" is a column featured in each issue of AdLIT's In Perspective. This month's focus (January 2005) is on what to do when students can't read the passage on the Ohio Graduation Test.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Standards First
On the Same Page [excerpt]: Chapter 1, "On the Same Page: Shared Reading Beyond the Primary Grades" Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: In this excerpt from her book, Janet Allen examines her own classroom experience teaching shared reading in order to convey the importance of incorporating such strategies for helping students to become fluent, independent readers. Her personal vignettes and student examples make this professional development text both a compelling and informative read....
Teaching Readers Who Struggle: A Pragmatic Middle School Framework Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This professional development article details a pragmatic framework for reading instruction that focuses on struggling and proficient readers in early adolescence (11-14 years old). Grounded in extensive and key reading research, the framework presented here suggests a structure for balanced literacy instruction in the classroom.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Education & Training, General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First
Reader's Theater and Reading Aloud
Reader's Theater Editions Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 1–5 Professional Commentary: This resource provides free scripts for reader's theater (or readers theatre) adapted from stories written by Aaron Shepard and others. The stories represent a range of genres, mostly humor, fantasy, and world tales from a variety of cultures....
Reading Aloud and Beyond [excerpt]: Chapter 2, "13 Good (Scientifically Based) Reasons to Read Aloud with Older Readers" Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: This professional resource uses research about teaching reading (Shirley Brice Heath, 1994, et al.) to construct and detail 13 reasons to read aloud to older students. Grounded in the theory and practice that "reading instruction in schools should develop students' passion to read, support their engagements with texts of all sorts, and encourage them to become lifelong readers capable of fully participating in a democratic society," this site acknowledges the powerful influence of standardized testing in the reading classroom.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Standards First
Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–8 Professional Commentary: Reading aloud to children of all ages is an important part of a comprehensive approach to literacy. Jim Trelease's Read-Aloud Handbook includes ideas for building children's interest and skill in reading and an annotated bibliography (with synopses) of more than one thousand books to support read aloud activities....
Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: In this project, students create a "virtual poetry slam" featuring original poems and short pieces of personal writing. Students begin by writing, editing, and revising a short piece of poetry or personal writing.... Projects: Writing 6-12
Lessons for Developing Fluency
In the Poet's Shoes: Performing Poetry and Building Meaning Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This lesson uses poetry to build students' understanding of poetry and the poet's voice. Further, students analyze the elements a poet uses to develop meaning.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Standards First
The Reading Performance: Understanding Fluency Through Oral Interpretation Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This lesson examines how the oral reading of poetry may be used to support and improve fluent reading for middle school students. Central to this lesson is the idea that students require practice and repetition to master decoding skills for fluency and comprehension in oral reading....
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