Working+On+Fluency

=__Working on Fluency with Poetry__=

=__Stratgeies for Working on Fluency with Poetry__=

2. Lead the choral reading, softening your voice as thier fluency improves.
===3. The teacher reads the first line of the poem, nodeling good expression and phrasing, as the students follow along. The students then echo back the first line, following along. Continue in the same manner until all lines have been read. Repeat as needed.===

===4. Divide the class into the number of stanzas in the poem. Assign each group one stanza of the poem. One student within each group becomes the narrator, while the others act out the story. Reunite the group. Ask them to read and act out the stanzas in order.===

5. //**First** **Reading****:**// Modelling good fluency, the teacher reads the entire poem to the class, as the students follow along.
===//**Second Reading**:// The teacher reads the first line, the students chorally read the second line with him or her, the teacher reads the third line, the students read the fourth line with him or her, etc. Continue alternating until the whole poem has been read.===

**//Fourth Reading//**: Teacher and students read the entire poem chorally together.
===6. Paired Reading: Explain paired reading to the class (two readers practice reading a selection of text together). Using a student volunteer, model paired reading for the class. Demonstrate adjusting the pace and volume to provide the maximum effect.===

7. While modeling good fluency, read the entire poem to the class as the students follow along.
===Then conduct a whole group choral reading of the poem. During a second choral reading, the first student in the first row will be the starter. He or she will read the first line. The student behind him or her will join him or her on the second line, the next student will join them on the third line, etc., until eventually all classmates are reading.===

8. Pair your students, putting a fluent reader with an early reader.
===The pairs take turns being reader and listener. The first reader reads the poem to the listener three times. At this time, the listener compliments the reader on what he feels the reader has done well (no negative comments are allowed).===

Next, have the whole class read the poem chorally.
===Finally, gather in a circle, choosing one studnet to begin. Starting with the student you have chosen, take turns having the students read the lines of the poem in order, as their classsmates follow along.===

Choose a second student to begin the second reading and so on.
===10. Word Stress: Teacher models the poem first. Select different words to stress by having students, underline, or highlight the words. As they read the students will put extra emphasis on the words highlighted.===

===11. Change Your Voice: After the teacher models the poem with good fluency as the students to speed up and/ot slow down in certain places. You can also asked students to whisper in certain places and be loud on certain words.===