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How can regular fluency practice lead to fluent readers? In today’s episode, educators Lorraine Griffith and Lindsay Kemeny discuss the impact of fluency in their classrooms. Fluency is a bridge: It connects word recognition with comprehension. We dive into whole and small group fluency instruction with simple strategies and more. 

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Resources 

• A Focus on Fluency article
• Matt Burns - Partner Reading Paragraph Shrinking 
  • PROTOCOL NASP HERE
  • Matt Burns Video Youtube  
•  Lindsay Kemeny Youtube Students error correction for partner reading 
• Regular Fluency Practice and Performance Opportunities
  • Weekly Poem 
    • Examples
      • Poetry Foundation 
  • Other texts 
    • Speeches
    • Readers Theater
    • Books (first person) such as the Dear America series or Because of Winn Dixie
• Pattan Literacy Symposium (June 14) 

Related Episodes

• Ep. 9 Geodes Rock!
• Ep. 80  A Primary Teacher’s Perspective on Science of Reading, Small Group Instruction, and Use of Sound Walls
• Ep. 62 Effective Fluency Instruction with Tim Rasinski

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