If you are looking for a fun and effective way to improve reading fluency, choral reading is your answer! This post will not just cover why you should incorporate choral reading in your classroom, but it will also provide you with 10 types of group reading that your students will LOVE. I will also send you 10 detailed lesson plans AND 50 poems that you can use with your students. And, just so you ... Read the Post

Over the last several years, reading fluency has become synonymous with speed. This connection between fluency and speed is likely an unintended consequence of one-minute readings, which gained popularity in the early 2000s. When we only focus on reading speed, students become "word callers" or "word barkers." Obviously, is NOT the goal of reading fluency instruction. The ultimate goal of ... Read the Post

Reading fluency is important because it is one of the most reliable determiners of a student's ability to comprehend text. In fact, reading fluency has been called the bridge between decoding and comprehension (Chard & Pikulski 2005). If you're neglecting to incorporate meaning fluency instruction within your reading program (don't worry, you're not alone), I have some pretty staggering ... Read the Post