The Fluent Reader

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• The Fluent Reader
• Tim Rasinski

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Preview

• Here are the main ideas from the chapters we will
  be reading and discussing today.
• What do you already know?
• What are you most interested in learning?

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Chapter 1 Overview of Oral Reading

• How can we improve our instruction to promote
  fluency?
• Rationale for oral reading
• How read-alouds benefit students
• Ways to build fluency
• Why should we discontinue round robin?

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Chapter 2 Teacher read alouds

• How can we use teacher read-alouds to promote
  fluency?
• Benefits of teacher read-alouds
• Preparing for read-alouds
• Responding to read-alouds

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Chapter 3 Supported Reading

• How can we move from modeling to independent
  reading?
• Effective forms of supportive reading
• Tips for choosing texts
• Forms and procedures for supported reading

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Chapter 4 Repeated Reading

• How can we integrate various forms of repeated
  reading into our curriculum?
• Benefits of repeated reading
• Guidelines for repeated reading
• Specific repeated reading strategies

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Chapter 5 Performance Reading

• How can we effectively design and manage various
  types of oral reading performance?
• Student-led strategies
• Types of performances
• Resources for teachers

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Chapter 6 Creating Synergy

• How can we integrate oral reading strategies to
  foster fluency development?
• Repeated Reading While Listening
• Oral Recitation Lesson (ORL)
• Fluency Development Lesson (FDL)
• Phrased Text Lesson

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Chapter 7 Oral Reading in and across the
Curriculum

• How can we integrate these fluency strategies
  into other parts of the curriculum?
• Daily oral reading routines
• Strategies for involving and connecting with
  parents

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Chapter 8 Assessment

• Chapter 8 describes various assessments that
  might be used to track fluency development. In
  Reading First, we have a well-developed
  assessment system already in place. Given that,
  we will not be reading this chapter today.