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Technique |
How... |
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Ask the child to re-read something just read.
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Once the 'decoding' effort is better mastered, fluency (and understanding) can receive more 'brain cycles'. Also, particularly for poems, the rhythm and rhyme are often not appreciated if the child is still struggling with decoding and understanding. |
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Record the child and ask him/her to listen to the recording with you.
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Talk about any errors or disfluencies. |
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Record the child on something at the beginning of a term and again near the end. choose something a little bit difficult. Listen to both recordings and hope for progress!
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This can be done with a simple tape recorder. PC desktop and laptops also have a sound recording tool that is fairly easy to use. You could make a diskette and store it in the child's folder. |
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Ask the child to read out loud to a friend or sibling who doesn't read very well.
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Practice reading out loud, especially to another person, can greatly aid fluency and reinforce reading skills --- and leverage our program! |
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Make a game by awarding points for the number of consecutive words read without error in a paragraph you select.
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Make it clear when you are focused on fluency and when on comprehension and avoid working on fluency except on well understood material! |
See the chapter on Recording.
