From Fluency to Comprehension

1. Introduction: Fluency at the Core of Effective Literacy Instruction, Timothy Rasinski and Nancy Padak I. Modeling Fluency for Students 2. Modeling Fluent Reading through Read-Alouds, Denise N. Morgan 3. Increasing Students' Metafluency Awareness: An Integral Part of Teaching Fluency, D. Ray Reutzel II. Assisted Reading Strategies 4. Whole-Class Choral Reading, David Paige 5. Paired Reading, Timothy Rasinski and Nancy Padak 6. Audio-Assisted Reading, Kristine E. Pytash and Kaybeth Calabria III. Phrasing Strategies 7. Fluency through Phrasing: High-Frequency Words, Maryann Mraz and Melissa Sykes 8. Teaching Phrasing through the Phrased Text Lesson, James Nageldinger IV. Deep and Wide Reading Practice 9. Repeated Readings through Readers Theatre, Chase J. Young 10. Podcasting Approaches to Fluency Instruction, Sheri Vasinda and Julie McLeod 11. Writing Readers Theatre Scripts, Kristie Miner 12. Authentic Repeated Reading through Poetry and Song, Lori Wilfong 13. Invoking Walter Cronkite: Radio Reading and the Fluent Reader, Allison L. Baer 14. Increasing Reading Volume: The Million-Minute Reading Challenge, Timothy Rasinski and Nancy Padak V. Integrated Fluency Models for Beginning and Struggling Students 15. Implementing the Fluency Development Lesson: An Intervention Model for Struggling Readers, Belinda S. Zimmerman 16. Boosting Fluency of English Language Learners with Music and Poetry Performance Activities, Kristin Lems 17. Getting Children Off to a Fast Start in Reading, Terry Kindervater 18. Fluency-Oriented Reading Instruction, Melanie R. Kuhn, Paula J. Schwanenflugel, Katherine A. Dougherty Stahl, Elizabeth B. Meisinger, and Carolyn Groff VI. Other Fluency Issues 19. Five-Minute Fluency Active-ities, Brenda Rosler 20. Word Study: The Foundation for Fluency, Timothy Rasinski and Nancy Padak 21. Assessing the Fluency of Automaticity, Theresa Duncko 22. Assessing Prosody, Nancy Padak and Timothy Rasinski 23. Conclusion: Creating a Time for Fluency in Your Reading Program, Nancy Padak and Timothy Rasinski