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Read Aloud

Do’s and Don’t of reading aloud.  A detailed list of things to remember when reading aloud. 

http://161.31.208.51/ched/johnson/guidelin.htm

 

Strategies

Read Naturally combines three research-proven strategies that help develop reading fluency for struggling readers.  Teacher modeling repeated reading.  Ways to monitor students’ progress are also shared, along with case study results. 

http://www.readnaturally.com/results.htm

 

Readers’ Theatre

Gander Academy: Readers’ Theatre.  (June 14, 2001). [Internet]. Available:

www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/langrt.htm

Readers’ Theatre/Language Arts Home Page for teachers.  This web site provides a variety of Reader Theatre scripts arranged by title.  

http://hometown.aol.com/rcswallow/index.html

Shaphard, A. (June 14, 2001). [Internet]. Available:

www.aaronshep.com

 (Once there search for scripts.)

Repeated Readings

 This site provides an overview of repeated reading and how to conduct it. This site also provides a link to free software for reading, writing and math.

http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-3789.html

This site delineates 3 strategies for improving reading fluency.

http://www.education.pitt.edu/leaders/Fluency%20Strats/partner.htm

 

Shared Readings

 These sites review the literature concerning the usefulness of shared and repeated readings.

http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/literacy/em_lit4.html

 and/or

http://instech.tusd.k12.az.us/BL/BLK5/blsharead.htm

 This site provides an overview of shared reading, read aloud and guided reading. It provides the teacher with mini-lesson plans to conduct each type of session.

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/english/comp_effect_rwinstr.htm

 

Timed Readings

 This site provides on line timed reading test. Students may click on the start bottom and beginning reading passage, the site will keep track of the reading time and words per minute.

http://iep.uta.edu/Rochelle/TimedReadings/TimedReadingIndex.html

This site provides a reading rate inventory. This inventory will provide the teacher with information about how the student perceives himself/herself as a reader.

http://www.nmsu.edu/~cla/Inventories/readingrate.htm

 

Vocabulary

 This website offers a variety of games for students to use in the classroom to build vocabulary for passing the G.E.D. or S.A.T. type tests.

http://www.vocabulary.com/

These websites offer vocabulary-building activities geared towards helping ESOL students. However, these activities would be good for any student.

http://a4esl.org/

  and/or

http://www.manythings.org/vq/

 

Assessment

 This site provides teacher with a variety of checklists for early, emergent and independent readers.

http://www.nwrel.org/learns/resources/llap/pdf.html

As noted above under timed reading, this site provides on line timed reading test. Students may click on the start bottom and beginning reading passage, the site will keep track of the reading time and words per minute.

http://iep.uta.edu/Rochelle/TimedReadings/TimedReadingIndex.html

As noted above under time reading, this site provides a reading rate inventory. This inventory will provide the teacher with information about how the student perceives himself/herself as a reader.

http://www.nmsu.edu/~cla/Inventories/readingrate.htm