Each week as a part of my students' homework they were to read a passage at least three times each evening. They could time themselves if they wanted to see how many words they could read in a minute, but they were expected to read the entire passage. Their goal was to become smoother and faster readers. We practiced the passage/page every day in class. We discussed words they didn't know and the pronunciation. We talked about stopping at periods, pronouncing the endings on words, reading with expression...we emphasized this is NOT a race. They would read using their 'phones' and I would time them. (Sometimes we used Audacity so they could listen to themselves when done.) They marked on their page where they stopped. I used passages out of teacher books, passages related to what we were reading, passages related to social studies or science or math, but my favorite was a page from the basal. I copied one page with a lot of text. I counted the words and labeled each line. The students were given a copy to practice with and I had a stack ready to mark miscues when they read the passage or page to me on Friday. Earlier in the blog I talked about graphing their scores. The score from Friday was the 'final' score and it was graphed.
http://kstrc387.blogspot.com/2011/02/fluency-graphs.html
http://kstrc387.blogspot.com/2011/02/fluency-graph-example.html
I saved the original passage with the words counted in a notebook in the order of the stories in the basal. If I used something other than the basal, that passage was inserted when I used it. This was very handy the following year as I didn't have to search for a passage/page and didn't have to count words again. They were ready to be copied.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Friday, February 18, 2011
Audacity/Update on Youtube/Google
Our account was "reinstated" allowing us to upload a few videos on making change. :)
Have you used Audacity? This is one of my favorite free programs. I look forward to continuing to explore the possibilities for this program. So far I have used it for fluency practice. Students record a passage or the week's story in the program. Then they listen to their recording while following along. Sometimes I time them to see how many words they can read in one minute. Last week after students wrote and edited a passage. They opened Audacity and recorded their writing. They stopped the recording and played it while following along with their writing. The purpose behind the activity was allow to students another chance to edit their writing.
Have you used Audacity? This is one of my favorite free programs. I look forward to continuing to explore the possibilities for this program. So far I have used it for fluency practice. Students record a passage or the week's story in the program. Then they listen to their recording while following along. Sometimes I time them to see how many words they can read in one minute. Last week after students wrote and edited a passage. They opened Audacity and recorded their writing. They stopped the recording and played it while following along with their writing. The purpose behind the activity was allow to students another chance to edit their writing.
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