From Fluency to Comprehension: Powerful Instruction Through Authentic Reading (Paperback)

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