additional resources
Building Fluency: Do It Well & Do It Right
(Grade K-5)
Molly McCabe
The following may be helpful in setting up teacher study groups, action research projects, etc. for the purpose of digging deeper into the topic.
Examining Student Work:
http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/results/res2-01rich.cfm
Faculty Study Groups:
http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/murphy202.cfm
Critical Friends Group:
http://www.ascd.org/cms/objectlib/ascdframeset/index.cfm?publication=http://www.ascd.org/publications/ed_lead/200203/toc.html
Print Resources
Adams, M.J. (2002, November). The promise of speech recognition. PowerPoint presentation at A Focus on Fluency Forum, San Francisco, CA. Available at www.prel.org/programs/rel/fluency/Adams.ppt.
Kameenui, E., & Simmons, D. (Eds.). (2001). The role of fluency in reading competence, assessment, and instruction: Fluency at the intersection of accuracy and speed. Special Issue, Scientific Studies of Reading, 5(3).
Kuhn, M.R., and Stahl, S.A. (2000). Fluency: A review of developmental and remedial practices. CIERA Report #2-008. Ann Arbor: Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Instruction, University of Michigan.
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning. (2005). A Focus on Fluency. Honolulu, Hawaii: Regional Educational Laboratory at Pacific Resources for Education and Learning. Available at www.prel.org/programs/rel/rel.asp.
Samuels, S.J. (1997). The method of repeated readings. The Reading Teacher, 50, 76-81.
Topping, K.J. (1987). Paired reading: A powerful technique for parent use. The Reading Teacher, 40, 608-614.
Torgesen, J. (1999). Test of word reading efficiency (TOWRE). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.
Torgesen, J.K., Rashotte, C.A., Alexander, A.W., Alexander, J., & McFee, K. (2002, November). The challenge of fluent reading for older children with reading difficulties.
PowerPoint presentation at A Focus on Fluency Forum, San Francisco, CA. Available at www.prel.org/programs/rel/fluency/Torgesen.ppt.
Worthy, J., & Prater, K. (2002). I thought about it all night: Reader's theater for reading fluency and motivation. The Reading Teacher, 56(3), 294-297.
Web Resources
The National Institute for Literacy
The National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) is a federal organization that shares information about literacy and supports the development of high-quality literacy services so all Americans can develop essential basic skills.
Read Naturally was developed by reading teacher Candyce Ihnot in 1989 and 1990 as a practical approach to fluency instruction. The READ NATURALLY program combines three powerful strategies for improving fluency: teacher modeling, repeated reading, and progress monitoring.
BalancedReading.com provides research-based information about reading instruction to educators. Their mission is to bring research into practice.
Readers Theater One of the links of the eMINTS National Center which is a collaborative education program sponsored by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the University of Missouri System Office of Academic Affairs.
Reading A-Z offers thousands of printable teacher materials to teach guided reading, phonemic awareness, reading comprehension, reading fluency, alphabet, and vocabulary. The teaching resources include professionally developed downloadable leveled books, lesson plans, worksheets, and reading assessments. Some resources are free others require a subscription.
