Reading+&+Reading+Plus

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 * Reading Plus Helpful Video:**

You will receive an email if your child needs to do reading plus. First first lesson for reading plus will be a 30 minute assessment. Please kmail Mrs. Hall if you need any assistance with reading plus.

What is reading fluency? Reading fluency refers to a learner's ability to read smoothly and with expression. Good oral reading fluency can be defined as how well a student decodes words with out delay using appropriate voice inflection and articulation.
 * Tips for Parents to Promote Oral Reading Fluency at Home**

Remember it's important to continue to read aloud to their children even after they are reading on their own. Reading aloud not only lets a child hear a more experienced voice, but helps develop listening comprehension. Reading aloud allows a child to hear correct intonation and natural rhythms in phrasing and speech. Reading from a variety of sources and genres exposes a child to material he/she may be interested in, yet is not able to read for himself.
 * Read Aloud to Promote Fluency**

Choral reading is simply reading the text together with a child, at the same time, with the parent taking the lead and setting the pace. Parents may point out the text as they are reading, running a finger underneath the words. Repeated choral readings of familiar text allow your children to gain confidence and practice with emerging skills
 * Choral Read to Develop Oral Fluency**

Echo reading is a simple technique where a parent or adult reads a line of text, and asks the child to "be my echo", repeating the line of text. It is one way for a child who has basic decoding skills to learn to make advances in expression or inflection. Simple poetry, rhyme and dialogue can be used to help develop oral fluency. If your child is struggling with a section, this is a great way to practice fluency.
 * Echo Read to Develop Oral Fluency**

Partner or paired reading is another method by which parents can help children develop oral fluency. Take a picture book and sit next to your child, alternating pages or sentences of one page, and the child reads the text on the next page. Simple poems copied for each partner or even songs, such as "Down by the Bay" can be used for partner reading.
 * Partner Read to Develop Oral Fluency**

Audiobooks, which are books on tape or CD's, also help with reading fluency. The use of audiobooks is just one more way for a child to hear an appropriate voice with good inflection and rhythm. Hearing stories read on audio reinforces a child to follow along as someone else reads.
 * Check Out Audio books to Help with Fluency**

Did you know? There are many great k12 apps! Search in itunes or in the play store with the word k12. Many app options come up and many are free! Classic stories are even available!

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