Fluency Lesson Plan

A parent will use a provided instructional level text to

(5 points) Summary
read with the student. The teacher will print a text or
introducing the fluency the lesson that is able to be marked with the scoops
lesson
while reading. The scoop is to help students break a
sentence into phrases, rather than reading one by one
words. These scoops will help them read in chunks
with correct rate, and will help promote comprehension
since they are reading phrase by phrase rather than
word by word.
Standard (3)
4.
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to
support comprehension.
b. Read onlevel text orally with accuracy,
appropriate rate, and expression on successive
appropriate rate, and expression on successive
readings. (1.RF.4)

Fluency Lesson Plan

Step by Step
description for families
for how to implement
the fluency strategy at
home (10)

Materials:
Provided text
Marker (to create scoops)
Assessment
1.

Parent will preview read the text to the student

out-loud.
2.
Ask the student to re-tell the events from the
text in order to review the important details from the
text to ensure their understanding of the story.
3.
Parents and student will go back to the beginning
of the text
4.
The parent will model scooping for the student
5.
Using a different colored marker, the parent will
draw the scoops to show the student where the
sentence can be broken down into thoughts or
chunks of the sentence
For example, the sentence The cat ran down the street
at night would be chunked into the cat ran down
the street at night.
6.
Once chunking 3 to 4 sentences of the text
through modeling, use the next 4 to 5 sentences to
do together as practice.
7.
After practicing, have the student do a few
sentences on their own so you can assess their
understanding.
8.
If they show they understand, let them finish the
book independently.
9.
If they show misunderstanding, go back to
modeling and guided practice. If the student takes
longer than the text is to understand, make up your
own basic sentences to use on the student.
10.
Assessment: Give student the follow 3
sentences and have them make the scoops with a
marker. Have the student read the sentences out
loud to you.
Assessment:
1.
The girl has a blue dress.
2.
The boy spilled the water on the floor.
3.
The dog chased the fat cat.
A list of resources or
websites that would
aid in using this
strategy at home (7)

http://www.els4kids.com/tipsforteaching
yourchildthescoopmethodtoread/
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/uploads/15689.pd
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