Students will increase passage reading fluency and accuracy.
Materials
Reading material at the students’ instructional level.
A copy of the reading material and fluency graph for the child to take home if students and parents will work on the corresponding Home-School Connection activity.
Teacher Steps: Describe It
This activity can be conducted in pairs or classwide.
Tell the students they are going to read for speed and accuracy in a fun and different way.
Students are given a passage at their instructional level first and partnered so that one student is the reader and one is the listener.
The timer is set for 1 minute, and Partner One begins to read first.
After 1 minute, the number of words read correctly is recorded on the student’s fluency graph.
Set the timer for 1 minute. Partner Two begins to read.
Number of words read correctly is recorded on the student’s fluency graph.
Student Steps: Do It
Say the following:
"Partner up because we’re going to read for 1 minute."
Give students an instructional passage with a word count at the end of each line.
Students are paired in advance.
"Partner One starts reading when I give the signal to begin by saying, ‘One Minute, Please!’"