Description
This accessible guide brings together well-known authorities to examine what reading fluency is and how it can best be taught. Teachers get a clear, practical roadmap for navigating the often confusing terrain of this crucial aspect of balanced literacy instruction. Innovative approaches to instruction and assessment are described and illustrated with vivid examples from K–12 classrooms. The book debunks common misconceptions about fluency and clarifies its key role in comprehension. Effective practices are presented for developing fluency in specific populations, including English language learners, adolescents, and struggling readers.
New to This Edition
*Reflects advances in fluency research and the ongoing development of exemplary instructional approaches.
*Three new chapters on English language learners.
*Chapters on adolescent fluency, reading expressiveness, oral reading instruction, and text selection.
Chapter
Part I--FLUENCY THEORY, FLUENCY RESEARCH
1--Reading Fluency: Its Past, Present, and Future
2--Developing Fluency in the Context of Effective Literacy Instruction
3--Reading Expressiveness: The Neglected Aspect of Reading Fluency
4--The Importance of Adolescent Fluency
5--Reading Fluency Revisited: Much More Than Fast and Accurate Reading
6--Fluency: The Link between Decoding and Comprehension for Struggling Readers
7--“Hey Teacher, When You Say ‘Fluency,’ What Do You Mean?”: Developing Fluency in Elementary Classrooms
Part II--BEST PROGRAMS, BEST PRACTICES
8--Battling on Two Fronts: Creating Effective Oral Reading Instruction
9--“Jonathon Is 11 but ReadsLike a Struggling 7-Year-Old”: Providing Assistance for Struggling Readers with Audio-Assisted Reading Programs
10--The Fluency Development Lesson: A Model of Authentic and Effective Fluency Instruction
11--Paired Reading: Impact of a Tutoring Method on Reading Accuracy, Comprehension, and Fluency
12--“Everybody Reads”: Fluency as a Focus for Staff Development
13--Hijacking Fluency and Instructionally Informative Assessments
Part III--SPECIAL TO PICS, SPECIAL POPULATIONS
14--Teaching Fluency (and Decoding) through Fast Start: An Early Childhood Parental Involvement Program
15--Reading Fluency and Comprehension in English Language Learners
16--Fluency Instruction in Reading in a Second or Foreign Language
17--Fluency Scores of English Language Learners: What Can They Tell Us?
18--Curious George and Rosetta Stone: The Role of Texts in Supporting Automaticity in Beginning Reading
19--Building a Focus on Oral Reading Fluency into Individual Instruction for Struggling Readers
Fluency Instruction, Second Edition
：Research-Based Best Practices
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