How can regular fluency practice lead to fluent readers? In today’s episode, educators Lorraine Griffith and Lindsay Kemeny discuss the impact of fluency in their classrooms. Fluency is a bridge: It connects word recognition with comprehension. We dive into whole and small group fluency instruction with simple strategies and more.

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Resources

A Focus on Fluency article
Matt Burns - Partner Reading Paragraph Shrinking
- PROTOCOL NASP HERE
- Matt Burns Video Youtube
Lindsay Kemeny Youtube Students error correction for partner reading
Regular Fluency Practice and Performance Opportunities
- Weekly Poem
  - Examples
    - Poetry Foundation
- Other texts
  - Speeches
  - Readers Theater
  - Books (first person) such as the Dear America series or Because of Winn Dixie
Pattan Literacy Symposium (June 14)

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