Fluency+2.0



**Fluency 2.0** Fluency is speedy and accurate reading to support student comprehension of text. Fluency is the ability to read a text accurately and quickly. When fluent readers read silently, they recognize words automatically. They group words quickly to help them gain meaning from what they read. Fluent readers read aloud effortlessly and with expression. Their reading sounds natural, as if they are speaking. Readers who have not yet developed fluency read slowly, word by word. Their oral reading is choppy and plodding. Flu ency is important because it provides a bridge between word recognition and comprehension. Because fluent readers do not have to concentrate on decoding the words, they can focus their attention on what the text means. They can make connections among the ideas in the text and between the text and their background knowledge. In other words, fluent readers recognize words and comprehend at the same time. Less fluent readers, however, must focus their attention on figuring out the words, leaving them little attention for understanding the text.
 * Developing Speed and Accuracy Using Technology Tools**

**Objective**: to help educators better understand the importance of repeated and monitored oral reading and provide teachers with appropriate activities and strategies for oral reading that maximize the Web 2.0 environment.



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 * 1) Podcasting can be an incredible tool to increase fluency. Most students never get the opportunity to actually hear themselves read. How can you hear your mistakes if you are too busy reading and never actually hear yourself read! Take some time to record your students. Post your recordings somewhere on the web. Your parents will love it and so will your community stakeholders. Create and post your podcasts to [|podOmatic] or even better [|Kid-Cast]
 * 2) Let's Try One! [|Poems Online]
 * 3) Check this out! Thanks Ms. Diaz at Chickasaw Elementary [[file:The%20Dentist.mp3]]
 * 4) Want somewhere safe to post your vodcasts? Try [|SchoolTube] and post to your own SchoolTube Channel
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 * 6) Create a PowerPoint with vocabulary words and upload to [|SlideShare]. Have students record and time themselves reading the words with any simple recording device. Do the same thing with sentences and have students read and record themselves to improve fluency.

PRACTICE ACTIVITY: Have students select their favorite book and find (or create) pictures to illustrate it and record them reading the story in [|VoiceThread]. My favorite story is [|Little Red Riding Hood] and here is my [|Story VoiceThread]. Visit the [|Intel Help Guide] for simple instructions to help your students with technology-related tasks. Assessment: Use the [|Intel Assessing Projects] to create and evaluation tool.