Title: Our Country and Its People Unit 6 , Lesson 3 Open Court 2002
1Our Country and Its PeopleUnit 6 , Lesson 3Open
Court 2002
A Place Called Freedom
Phrase-cued Fluency Practice Linda Day Crowville
Middle School http//www.opencourtresources.com
2To the TeacherFluency is the ability to read a
text accurately and quickly. It is important
because it provides a bridge between word
recognition and comprehension. Studies have shown
that even when students recognize many words
automatically, their oral reading still may be
expressionless, not fluent. To read with
expression, readers must be able to divide the
text into meaningful chunks. These chunks include
phrases and clauses. Studies also suggest that
there is a close relationship between fluency and
reading comprehension. Some readers may recognize
words automatically in isolation or on a list,
they may not read the same words fluently when
the words appear in sentences in connected text.
Fluency develops gradually over considerable time
and through substantial practiceThe following
slides are phrases taken from each story in Unit
6, Our Country and Its People. (Open Court
2002)From Put Reading FirstK-3 (Fluency)
NIFLwww.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publicatio
ns/reading-first
3worked in the
4short drink of water
5to find our way
6just after sunrise
7into their house
8sat by the fire
9made your tongue glad
10because so many
11in a place called
12want to learn
13like magic to me
14put seeds in the ground
15wanted to grow up
16I dont see why a
17because I raised the
18The End