Created by LMS Lorrie Miller,
Pettisville School
ILILE Workshop @ Sylvania Timberstone.
Email pet_lib@nwoca.org

READING FLUENCY

This Pathfinder contains materials selected to support the Reading Fluency workshop held at Pettisville School in April 2004 by facilitator Cathy Mielke.
The text used in this class was:

The Fluent Reader by Timothy V. Rasinski. Scholastic Professional Books. c2003

Dewey Numbers: 372.4

Subject headings: READING
FROM TRADE BOOKS TO READERbS THEATER SCRIPTS
Blume - The Pain and the great one
Brown - Arthur babysits
Ciardi - You read to me, I'll read to you
Fleischman - Bull Run
Fox - Hattie and the fox
Lobel - Fables
Mazer - The salamander room
Naylor - King of the playground
Raschka - Yo! Yes?
CANbT MISS POETRY BOOKS
Fleischman - Joyful noise: poems for two voices
Florian - Insectlopedia: poems and paintings
Hughes - Dream keeper and other poems
Lobel - Book of pigericks
Moss- Butterfly jar
ObNeill - Hailstones and halibut bones
Prelutsky - Random House book of poetry for children
Prelutsky - New kid on the block
Prelutsky - Something big has been here
Silverstein - Where the sidewalk ends
Silverstein - Light in the attic
Viorst - If I were in charge of the world


SOURCES FOR THE VERY BEST BOOKS

National Science Teachers Association
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12: 2004


International Reading Association Choices Booklists

Young Adult's choices 2003
Teacher's choices 2003
Children's choices 2003


American Library Association
Newbery Award


American Library Association
Caldecott Award

READER'S THEATER SCRIPT SOURCES
http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/
http://www.readers-theatre.com
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/3235
http://www.storycart.com
http://loiswalker.com/catalog/guidesamples.html
http://www.readinglady.com
http://www.lisablau.com


INFOHIO ELECTRONIC RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS

MarcoPolo. Internet content for the classroom from a consortium of premier national education organizations, state education agencies and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation

OH! Teach. Web links for teachers, library media specialists and other educators.


Ohio Resource Center. Links to resources that support best practices in Math, Science and Reading.

OhioReads. Governor Taft's initiative to improve the reading skills of Ohio's K-4th grade



RELATED ARTICLES FROM EBSCOHOST
Creating Fluent Readers. By: Rasinski, Timothy. Educational Leadership, Mar2004, Vol. 61 Issue 6, p46, 6p, 2c; (AN 12472243)
Our Journey to Reading Success. By: Liben, David M.; Liben, Meredith. Educational Leadership, Mar2004, Vol. 61 Issue 6, p58, 4p, 2bw; (AN 12472249)
More Smoke and Mirror: A Critique of the National Reading Panel Report on Fluency. By: Krashen, Stephan. Phi Delta Kappan, Oct2001, Vol. 83 Issue 2, p119, 5p, 2 charts; (AN 5281360)
Predicting Student Success on a State-mandated Performance-based Assessment Using Oral Reading Fluency. By: Stage, Scott A.; Jacobsen, Michael D.. School Psychology Review, 2001, Vol. 30 Issue 3, p407, 13p, 3 charts; (AN 5508134)
Phonics vs whole language: The never-ending debate. By: Cassidy, Kerry. Primary Educator, Apr96, Vol. 2 Issue 2, p9, 4p; (AN 108563)
Effects of Repeated Readings and Nonrepetitive Strategies on Students' Fluency and Comprehension. By: Homan, Susan P.; Klesius, Janell P.; Hite, Claire. Journal of Educational Research, Nov/Dec93, Vol. 87 Issue 2, p94, 6p; (AN 5818076)
In the classroom. By: Colvin, Carolyn; Ross, Pamela. Reading Teacher, Mar93, Vol. 46 Issue 6, p526, 6p, 4bw; (AN 9303240791)
Curriculum-based measurement of oral reading fluency: A confirmatory analysis of its relation to... By: Shinn, Mark R.; Good III, Roland H.. School Psychology Review, 1992, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p459, 21p, 3 charts, 4 diagrams; (AN 9604164585)
The Causes and Consequences of Differences in Reading Fluency. By: Nathan, Ruth G.; Stanovich, Keith E.. Theory Into Practice, Summer91, Vol. 30 Issue 3, p176, 9p; (AN 5203406)
Training Teachers to Attend to Their Student's Oral Reading Fluency. By: Zutell, Jerry; Rasinski, Timothy V.. Theory Into Practice, Summer91, Vol. 30 Issue 3, p211, 7p; (AN 5203462)

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