Goals/Benefits Time/Structure Sample Lessons Routines Texts Assessment

“Focus on Fluency”

Sample Lesson
Independent Reading Grade 2

Focus on Fluency Supporting Documents:

 

Lesson Segment
(Video Clip)
Segment Focus
Questions to Consider While Viewing (Links to Facilitator Notes)
Teacher Commentary
(Video Clip)
Time and structure of Independent Reading How does the teacher incorporate Independent Reading into her daily schedule? Before the Lesson (3:21)
Mini-Lesson
Part 1 – Engage (4:13) Engage students in focusing on fluency How did the activities in this segment engage students in thinking about fluency? Mini-Lesson: Part 1 – Engage (2:06)
Part 2 – Model and Guide (3:42) Teacher reviews guidelines for independent reading and partner discussions that follow Do you think the modeling and guided choral reading was an effective tool in the lesson? Why or why not? MiniLesson: Part 2 –Model and Guide (2:39)
Part  Prepare for Independence (4:37) Teacher reviews guidelines for independent reading and partner discussions that follow What procedures has the teacher established? How do you think these will support the children? 
Independent Reading
Conference 1 (3:21) Teacher confers with individual students while they are independently reading Conference 1 (2:46)
Conference 2 (4:22)
Conference 3 (1:39)
Conference 4 (4:29) Conference 5 and Transition to Sharing (2:27)
Conference 5 and Transition to Sharing (2:58)
Partner Sharing
Transition and Partner Sharing (3:57) Students fill in reading logs and meet with partners to share what they have read Transition and Partner Sharing (6:03)
Partner Sharing and Reading 2 (2:17)
Class Sharing and Closure
Sharing 1 (3:15) Students share selections from their reading and strategies they used with the class
Sharing 2 (2:05)  Sharing 2 (1:20)
Sharing 3 and Closing (4:14) Students reread the opening poem with fluency Sharing 3 and Closing (3:03)