Domain 3: Fluency
Competency 8: Fluency, Accuracy
Grade Level 2
This week I observed the teacher working with her second graders in Domain 3: Fluency. She was working on reading fluency with specific words in small groups with her students. This falls under Competency 8- Fluency: Role in Reading Development and Factors that Affect the Development of Fluency. She was specifically working on accuracy with certain words based on phonics rules such as the final e and short and long vowels. For students to be able to comprehend when reading, they will need to have good fluency so they are not focusing too much on figuring out the words.
The teacher gave her second graders a list of words and would have a student who was in her small group one by one read the words aloud to her. If they missed the word and did not read it correctly on the first try, she would circle or highlight it and that would be a word that they needed to master. The students all needed to master all the words on the different lists by reading all the words aloud fluently. They would continue to practice reading the words that were highlighted until they had mastered the entire page. This provides oral reading experiences and feedback and guidance from the teacher.
INSTRUCTIONAL SETTING: The instructional setting provided some visual reminders for the students. There were phonics posters posted on the walls with reminders of some of the rules that the students were working on such as short and long vowel sounds in words. The paper that they were using to read the words aloud also had helpful reminders as well as some of the words used in sentences.
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