Title: Reading for Every Child: Fluency, Grade K
Level: Grade K
Author(s): Anne Vander Woude
Publisher: Frank Schaffer
ISBN: 9780742420502
Date: 2005
Pages: 82
Size: 1.8 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: British American English
Drawing from nationally recognized research in fluency, Reading for Every Child: Fluency gives you the tools you need to develop fluent readers in your classroom. Incorporating a wide variety of techniques, including partner reading, repeated reading, choral reading, and readers’ theaters, this book will keep your students motivated as they make that all-important bridge between word recognition and comprehension. Activities provide opportunities for listening and reading out loud to encourage students to read with confidence and appropriate rhythm and paceing.
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Storytelling extras (props to puppets including costumes) and lists of grade-appropriate, time- and teller-tested stories are provided.
This basic guide by experienced storytellers provides all that is needed to encourage any novice storyteller to take the plunge. Lists of never-fail stories and simple techniques for managing an audience go a long way to dissolve the angst. Practice activities and motivation exercises as well as tips for overcoming the major problems and catastrophes that might be encountered pave the way for a smooth first storytelling experience.