Do you look at your students' oral reading fluency scores and wonder what to do next? Do they read aloud word-by-word, without expression, or without connecting phrases?
Fluency is connected to comprehension. If students are unable to read fluently, it will be difficult for them to comprehend texts.
After taking this course, you'll be able to assess and implement research-based fluency strategies to help your students.
You'll understand the data from oral reading fluency measures (rate and accuracy), what's typically missing (prosody), and how to fill in the gaps to arrive at a complete understanding of your students' fluency skills.
You'll learn what the research says about how to improve fluency, and the importance of repeated readings and feedback. You'll learn about different ways to do repeated readings, how to decide on a focus for your readings, and how to incorporate additional strategies such as choral reading, echo reading, and phrase-cued reading.
Leave with new knowledge, downloadable lesson plan templates, and instructional protocols to implement tomorrow!
Fluency is connected to comprehension. If students are unable to read fluently, it will be difficult for them to comprehend texts.
After taking this course, you'll be able to assess and implement research-based fluency strategies to help your students.
You'll understand the data from oral reading fluency measures (rate and accuracy), what's typically missing (prosody), and how to fill in the gaps to arrive at a complete understanding of your students' fluency skills.
You'll learn what the research says about how to improve fluency, and the importance of repeated readings and feedback. You'll learn about different ways to do repeated readings, how to decide on a focus for your readings, and how to incorporate additional strategies such as choral reading, echo reading, and phrase-cued reading.
Leave with new knowledge, downloadable lesson plan templates, and instructional protocols to implement tomorrow!
Who You'll Be Learning From
Science of Reading Specialist
Caitlin Deckard
Caitlin is a Science of Reading Specialist and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and Vanderbilt University. She has held various positions in rural and urban school districts, including elementary classroom teacher, literacy interventionist, gifted and talented teacher, RTI coordinator, strategic planning board member, and Title Services program coordinator.
Caitlin prioritizes evidence-based best practices within the MTSS framework, while making research both accessible and approachable to educators. Her belief that literacy is a civil right and a prerequisite for survival and success within our society influences her work designing professional development and social media content for The Literacy Architects.
Caitlin prioritizes evidence-based best practices within the MTSS framework, while making research both accessible and approachable to educators. Her belief that literacy is a civil right and a prerequisite for survival and success within our society influences her work designing professional development and social media content for The Literacy Architects.
What's included
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Videos and readings to learn about fluency assessments and high-impact, evidence-based fluency strategies such as choral, echo, and phrase-cued reading
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Instructional protocols to help you immediately implement evidence-based fluency routines with your students
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Three months of access to course resources
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Course completion certificate (for 1 hour)