Assignment:
Discussion 1
Reading Fluency
Your text goes into depth about the importance of fluency instruction. In Section 9.2, the author lists five different methods for helping children to become more fluent readers (Coats, 2013). For this discussion, find your assigned method for improving fluency instruction below, according to the first letter of your last name:
· A - G: Modeling fluent reading
· H - L: Read, Re-read, Repeat
· M - Q: Echo/Choral Reading(M ) is first last of last name
· R - V: Phrased Reading
· W - Z: Reader's Theater
For the method you are assigned, discuss the following three questions:
· How can you incorporate this idea into your classroom?
· What signs will you look for to indicate that this approach is improving fluency?
· How can you encourage and support parents to use these fluency strategies at home?
Discussion 2
Nonfiction Text
In Section 10.3 of the course text, the following authors are listed as the superstars in the world of children's nonfiction (Coats, 2013):
· Nic Bishop
· Joanna Cole
· Penny Colman
· Russell Freedman
· Gail Gibbons
· Sy Montgomery
· Jim Murphy
· Seymour Simon
· Melissa Sweet
Go to your local library or bookstore and read a nonfiction book by one of these authors. Please make sure that the book you choose is non-fiction as several of these authors also write fictional stories. Using the guidelines listed in Section 10.3 of our text, critique the book to determine the characteristics that make the author a superstar. In addition, share at least one idea you have for how you could use this piece of literature in your classroom.