Read Naturally A Program Designed to Increase Reading Fluency

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Read NaturallyA Program Designed to Increase
Reading Fluency

• Presentation By
• Gina DeLeo Megan Doyle
• Picture taken from www.readnaturally.com

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Fluency No Child Left Behind(http//www.readnat
urally.com/why/research_noChild.htm)

• Put Reading First
• Developed from the National Reading Panel Report
• Based on The Fab 5
• Repeated and monitored oral reading improves
  reading fluency and overall reading achievement.
• Correlation between Fluency Comprehension

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Read Naturally in a RTI Model
(Read Naturally Assessments and Programs in a
Response to Intervention Model, Implications for
Reading Teachers in Response to Intervention )
At a glance...

• Read Naturally assessments provide reliable and
  valid data for determining which children are at
  risk for reading difficulty.
• As mentioned, provides research-based practices
  and intervention for students being served in a
  tiered model of service delivery.

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Read Naturally(http//www.readnaturally.com/why/d
efault.htm)

• Developed in the early 1990s by reading teacher
  Candyce Ihnot
• Comprised of Fluency-building products
• Picture taken from www.readnaturally.com

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What is Fluency?(http//www.readnaturally.com/why
/default.htm)

• You can read as well as you can speak
• You can read without thinking about it
• Picture taken from www.homewood.k12.al.us

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Who Needs Fluency Training(http//www.readnatural
ly.com/howto/whoNeeds.htm)

• Student reads haltingly
• Student reads word-by-word
• Student reads with little or no expression
• Student is unable to read an unpracticed
  grade-level passage at the 50th percentile rate
  on the Reading Fluency Benchmark Assessor
• Picture taken from http//www.turningpointbooks.c
  om/books.jpg

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The Problem with Fluency(http//www.readnaturally
.com/why/default.htm)

• Non-fluent readers avoid reading falling farther
  behind
• Elementary school students read an average of
  only 7-8 minutes a day
• STUDENTS MUST READ TO BECOME
• Picture taken from http//www.familyreading.org/i
  mages/maintoon.gif

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Read Naturally Can Help!(http//www.readnaturally
.com/why/howRnHelps.htm)

• Read Naturally is based on three research-based
  strategies for improving fluency
• Teacher Modeling
• Repeated Reading
• Progress Monitoring
• Picture taken from http//www.clemson.edu/reading
  recovery/images/lesson.jpg

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Using the Right Words(http//www.readnaturally.co
m/why/research_mostFreqWords.htm)

• Frys 1000 most frequently used words are a big
  part of the passages used
• As levels get higher the words used get more
  challenging
• Good balance of both common and uncommon words to
  increase a childs vocabulary
• Picture taken from graphics.jsonline.com

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Another Benefit An Individualized Program
(http//www.readnaturally.com/why/howRnHelps.htm)

• Students are always working on material that is
  appropriate for their own level
• Students at different levels can participate in
  the program at the same time
• Students do not have to wait or continue
  practicing stories they have already mastered
  while waiting for other students
• Students are able to select stories
• Students can develop at their own pace
• Students have less distraction from working with
  other students and spend more time READING

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The Steps(http//www.readnaturally.com/why/steps.
htm)

• Select a Story
• Read Along to the Key Words
• Write a Prediction
• Cold Timing
• Graph the Cold Timing Score
• Read Along to the Story
• Practice Reading the Story
• Answer the Questions
• Pass Timing
• Graph the Pass Timing Score
• Retell the Story
• Practice and Pass the Word Lists
• Picture taken from learning.staffs.ac.uk

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Tips For Teachers(http//www.readnaturally.com/ho
wto/ideas_classroom.htm)

• Making Predictions
• Separating Stories by Sounds
• Using Headphones
• Dividers for Privacy
• Parent Signatures
• Student Surveys
• Picture taken from dialog.ua.edu

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What about ESL Students?(http//www.readnaturally
.com/why/research_ell.htm)

• Comprehensible Input
• Low Anxiety Setting
• Messages Students Want to Hear
• Allow Students to Produce the Language at their
  own Speed
• Picture taken from http//www.hisvietnam.com/imag
  es/Esl-students.gif

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References

• www.readnaturally.com
• Implications for Reading Teachers in Response to
  Intervention (RTI) . Retrieved September 1, 2007,
  from www.reading.org Web site http//www.reading.
  org/downloads/resources/rti0707_implications.pdf
• Read Naturally Assessments and Programs in a
  Response to Intervention Model. Retrieved
  September 1, 2007, www.readnaturally.com Web
  site http//www.readnaturally.com/pdf/RTIwhitepap
  er_sample.pdf