Graber and Morales (2023) provide and overview of fluency and prosody and suggest some research-based strategies teachers can use. This post provides an overview of their key points. Relationship between fluency and prosody Assessing prosody Shifting instructional focus Assessment Results … Continued
The ‘go to’ strategy for many poor readers is to guess unknown words, often based on the first few letters of the word. For example, they may read ‘super’ instead of ‘surprise’ or ‘purpose’ instead of ‘pursue’. The substitute words … Continued
The vowels are ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, ‘u’ and sometimes ‘y’ acts as a vowel (‘y’ acts as a vowel when it sounds like a vowel – sunny, sky, pyramid). A short vowel is the basic common sound given to … Continued
Word recognition and reading fluency are essential skills for reading competency and both of these factors influence comprehension. Poetry is a writing form that is infrequently used in the teaching of reading and yet it is well suited for teaching … Continued
This is a really simple idea for helping students develop more interesting and complex sentences. Make a pile of strips of paper and coloured markers readily available. As you read stories aloud, encourage students to note sentences that ‘speak to … Continued