Week 5 DISC 1 - Fluency

Read Chapter 16 entitled, "Beyond Word Study: Reading Fluency" (pp. 250-271). Some of the questions answered in this chapter are: What is Fluency? Why is Fluency Important? The chapter also gives examples of how teachers can build fluency.

You have two options for this discussion posting:

• Option 1: In this discussion posting, describe some challenges of fluency instruction. Use the text as a source of evidence for your thinking. In addition, you must refer to another text besides your textbook to support your thinking.

• Option 2: On page 268, Rasinski and Padak (2013) write, "The entire class reads the text chorally several times. The teacher creates variety by having students read different verses or portions of the texts in groups." Choral reading is...