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INTRODUCTION TO FLUENCY AND PHONICS

By: Brooke Helling

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WHAT IS FLUENCY?

Fluency is reading with:

  • accuracy
  • speed
  • expression
  • understanding

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KEY ELEMENTS OF FLUENCY

  • Recognizing and pronouncing the words accurately
  • Reading at the right level of speed for the purpose and level of text
  • Using the voice to express meaning, including pausing and phrasing in line with the punctuation
  • This is especially difficult when learning a new language!!

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PROBLEMS WITH FLUENCY

Readers might read:

  • slowly
  • in a monotone
  • ignoring punctuation
  • with a choppy "start and stop" rhythm
  • without monitoring understanding
  • without self-correcting

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TURN AND TALK. �ARE YOU A FLUENT READER?�HOW COULD YOU IMPROVE?�

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WHAT IS PHONICS?

  • Phonics is matching the sounds of spoken English with individual letters or groups of letters. 
  • Phonics is made up of:
    • Decoding words and word sounds
    • Putting sounds together to make words
    • Spelling and word structures

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PHONICS

  • If you see a large word that you don’t know, can you decode it?
  • For example, what is this word: idiosyncratic
    • Could you decode the word?
    • What strategies did you use?

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SPELLING

  • When spelling, we apply the phonics rules that we know to help us spell words.
  • The hard part is—almost all words have exceptions!
  • Spelling involves some memorization!

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HOW WILL THIS COURSE HELP?

  • We will practice fluency.
    • Repeated readings
    • Use of a short novel
  • We will learn spelling and phonics rules.
    • Memorization and application of common spelling rules
    • Apply major phonics principles when reading in English.
  • We will memorize spelling lists.