Fluency

Fluency is a very difficult thing for my students to do.  Most of them love to read aloud but they stumble on every other word.  Most of my students are below 3rd grade level, and I teach 4th grade.  I have been helping with fluency by having them repeat after me.  During math or science, I read the problem or sentence and have them read after me.  In math I have them reread throughout the word problem and go back and underline and circle what the information they need to know.  This way they are not just reading fluently, they are comprehending what they read and being able to explain why it is important.  In science, I read the sentence with the vocabulary word and it's definition and have them reread (several times) what I read.  Then I ask for someone to put it in their own words.  They have gotten a little bit better with fluency, but this is something that takes a lot of repetition and hard work for them to succeed.