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Reading Teachers Lounge
This is the Reading Teachers Lounge where listeners can eavesdrop on professional conversations between elementary reading teachers. We are passionate about literacy and strive to find strategies to reach all learners. Shannon and Mary are neighbors who realized that they were “literacy soul sisters” at a dinner in their Atlanta neighborhood. Once they started chatting about reading they haven’t really stopped. Come join the conversation.
Reading Teachers Lounge
Building Reading Fluency
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Shannon Betts and Mary Saghafi
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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Shannon chats with Stephanie Summers from Pride Reading Program about the topic of helping students build their reading fluency. They talk about what skills go into a student's reading fluency. They share ways to work on fluency with readers. In their chat, they reference ideas from The Megabook of Fluency by Timothy Rasinski.
Episode Links for Resources mentioned:
- What is fluency?
- Fluency methods
- Note from Timothy Raskinski
- The Megabook of Fluency by Timothy Raskinski *Amazon affiliate link*
- Reading Rockets: Reading Basics-Fluency
- Reading Rockets: Developing Fluent Readers
- Reading Plus-a reading fluency software
- The Measured Mom: How to Improve Reading Fluency
- FCRR Fluency Activities K & 1st Grade
- FCRR Fluency Activities 2nd & 3rd Grade
- FCRR Fluency Activities 4th & 5th Grade
- Google Docs Forced Copy of Shannon's created Weekly Fluency Rubric
- Pride Reading Program's Website
- Pride Reading Program on Facebook
- Pride Reading Program on Instagram
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