Fluency Resources
Sources of Reader's Theatre scripts:
- These are
printed with parts for each reader printed in a different color
Information on the web about Fluency
Reading Rockets.org - Fluency is the ability to read a text correctly and quickly. Find out what strategies are recommended to improve students' fluency
and how to incorporate those strategies at home and at school. This page has links to 15 articles on fluency!
These articles can be accessed on EBSCO:
Beyond Consensus--Beyond Balance: Toward a Comprehensive Literacy Curriculum Rasinski, Timothy; Padak, Nancy; Reading and Writing Quarterly, v20 n1 p91-102 2004 (EJ682454)
Characteristics of Word Callers: An Investigation of the Accuracy of Teachers' Judgments of Reading Comprehension and Oral Reading Skills. By: Hamilton, Chad; Shinn, Mark R.. School Psychology Review, 2003, Vol. 32 Issue 2,
p228, 13p, 3 graphs; (AN 10456019) Fluency testing is accurate.
Improving Oral Reading Fluency (and Comprehension) Through the Creation of Talking Books. By: Oakley, Grace. Reading Online, Mar2003, p1-26, 26p, 4 charts, 2 diagrams, 1 graph, 4bw; (AN13515481)
'I thought about it all night': Readers Theatre for reading fluency and motivation. By: Worthy, Jo; Prater, Kathryn. Reading Teacher, Nov2002, Vol. 56 Issue 3, p294, 4p; (AN 8530552)
Fluency beyond the primary grades: From group performance to silent, independent reading. By: Worthy, Jo; Broaddus, Karen. Reading Teacher, Dec2001/Jan2002, Vol. 55 Issue 4, p334, 10p; (AN 5596873) Good suggestions of scripts
to use for RT.
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