Developing Reading Fluency
This site explains what is meant by reading fluency and discusses ways in which teachers can help their students improve their reading fluency.
http://www.auburn.edu/~murraba/fluency.html
Writing a Movie: Summarizing and Rereading a Film Script
An innovative method for encouraging fluency and creative writing, the writing a movie technique is suggested for students in grades 3 to 8.
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=200
Using a Predictable Text to Teach High-Frequency Words
To become fluent readers, students must develop automaticity with high frequency words. This lesson plan uses a predictable text to help students master high frequency words.
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=131
Surefire Strategies for Developing Reading Fluency
This site has activities to help students in grades 2 to 5 improve their reading fluency.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachstrat/readingfluencystrategies.htm
Suggested Reading for Readers Who Lack Fluency
At this site teachers will find clear instructions for using echo reading, shadowed reading, and assisted reading to improve fluency.
http://www.lpb.org/education/parents/supported.html
The Reading Performance: Understanding Fluency Through Oral Interpretation
Here teachers will find a standards-based lesson plan that uses the oral reading of poetry to develop fluency for students in grades 6 to 8.
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=28
Readers Theater
Detailed instructions for using Readers Theater to improve fluency can be found at this site.
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=172
Teachers' Corner: Oral Reading Fluency
This concise outline describes strategies and the characteristics of students for whom these strategies are most appropriate.
http://www.ops.org/reading/fluency.htm
Caption Center
Students can improve their reading fluency by reading captions on television programs and films. Visit the Caption Center website to learn more about the educational uses of captioning.
http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/mag/services/captioning/
