Help your students to get reading, fluently
The ability to read fluently is a vital part of every student’s literacy journey. Fluency and the ability to read orally with speed, accuracy, and proper expression is one of several critical factors necessary for reading comprehension.
Can you imagine being able to give every single child in your class – regardless of age or ability – the proper one-on-one support they need while they practice their reading? Imagine helping them understand the meaning of unfamiliar words, and giving them a full appreciation of the cadence and content of any reading passage.
The open classroom can be far from an ideal environment for kids to practice their reading skills – especially for shy, less confident students who may be self-conscious about reading in front of their peers.
To address these pain points in the classroom, we have invited some of the leading experts in the fields of fluency and reading to help you explore the techniques teachers can immediately apply to help students with instruction.
1. Google tools for little learners with Christine Pinto, Educator & Co-author (Google apps for littles)
Learn how to create an online learning environment for little learners. Christine demonstrates how to create some fun and interactive online resources and shows you how to incorporate these into group work and team activities. She also discusses tools which allow you to receive student answers and provide feedback online, as well as those that will let you easily monitor student progress over time.
2. The essentials of developing fluency with Timothy Rasinski, Professor of Reading Education
Hear from literacy expert, Dr. Rasinski, on the importance of reading fluency and why he identifies it as the bridging stage between word learning and comprehension. Discover the two key stages involved - automaticity in word recognition and prosody (expression) - and hear some tips and activities to help develop fluency with children.
Hear from literacy expert, Dr. Rasinski, on the importance of reading fluency and why he identifies it as the bridging stage between word learning and comprehension. Discover the two key stages involved - automaticity in word recognition and prosody (expression) - and hear some tips and activities to help develop fluency with children.
3. Differentiated reading instruction with David Paige, Professor of Education
In this webinar, Dr. Paige delves into the best way to organise classrooms to meet the needs of all readers. He talks through the benefits of whole class instruction and implementation of alternative grouping practice, small group instruction, peer pairing & tutoring, and 1-2-1 instruction. More specifically, Dr. Paige discusses how teachers can help students who have difficulty with reading written material, expressing themselves, or learning by listening.
