The Smitizen News…

We have been working hard this week in Reader’s Workshop. Our main focus has been fluency. We have worked on what it sounds like to be a fluent reader. The fabulous students in this room know that reading fast does not make a fluent reader. They know that you need pausing, phrasing, stress, intonation, rate, and it all should be integrated when they read aloud. They are all doing a great job.

To practice fluency, each child is responsible for practicing reading a picture book that they will record themself reading aloud. We will be sharing these wonderful podcasts soon, so watch for them to come… They also wrote book reviews for each of the books and had their picture taken with the book. You can read those at conferences. I have included their pictures today. Some kids even dressed up for the photo session! What a great group of fluent readers I have!