Texts for Fluency Practice: Level CCoauthored and compiled by fluency expert Timothy Rasinski, this selection of engaging texts for Grades 4-8 will make reading enjoyable for students so that they will want to read, reread, and perform! Research has shown that readers who engage in regular repeated readings improve their word recognition, reading rate, comprehension, and overall reading proficiency. As students regularly read and perform these age-appropriate texts, they improve their decoding, interpretation, and ultimately comprehension of the materials. A variety of genres are included: poetry and rhymes, song lyrics, readers theater scripts, and famous speeches and quotations. 112pp. |
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... performed or read orally for an audience are ideal texts for guided repeated reading and reading fluency development. Our ... perform the texts in this book, they will begin to develop into fluent readers who are able to decode words ...
... performed or read orally for an audience are ideal texts for guided repeated reading and reading fluency development. Our ... perform the texts in this book, they will begin to develop into fluent readers who are able to decode words ...
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... perform these texts. As they do, they will develop into fluent readers, improving their ability to recognize words accurately and effortlessly and reading with meaningful expression and phrasing. However, you, the teacher, are the most ...
... perform these texts. As they do, they will develop into fluent readers, improving their ability to recognize words accurately and effortlessly and reading with meaningful expression and phrasing. However, you, the teacher, are the most ...
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... perform. You may also want to invite a neighboring class, parents, or another group to come to your room to listen to your students read. Have the children perform the targeted text as a group. Later, you can have individuals or groups ...
... perform. You may also want to invite a neighboring class, parents, or another group to come to your room to listen to your students read. Have the children perform the targeted text as a group. Later, you can have individuals or groups ...
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... perform. Reader's Theater, on the other hand, has the following characteristics: • The script is always read and never memorized. • Readers may be characters, narrators, or switch back and forth into various characters and parts. The ...
... perform. Reader's Theater, on the other hand, has the following characteristics: • The script is always read and never memorized. • Readers may be characters, narrators, or switch back and forth into various characters and parts. The ...
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