Greetings from the Reading Room!

As September comes to an end and October begins, we are underway in the

reading room. Students are working on becoming fluent readers and growing a love of
reading.

TIPS FOR BECOMING A FLUENT READER:

1. Pacing: fluent readers read at a just right rate! They dont speed through a
text like a racecar; and they dont plod through the text like a turtle. Fluent
readers read like we talk, and they know when to speed up or slow down for
effect!
2. Phrasing: Fluent readers can read several words together (phrases), but they
also know when to pause and take a breath. They view periods, exclamation
points, and question marks as stop signs. They also know that they pause
after commas, ellipses, dashes, colons, and semi-colons!
3. Accuracy: fluent readers read text correctly. They know a lot of sight words
that help them read without hesitating. Fluent readers also know a lot of
other words. If they come across new words, they use word parts to decode
and read.
4. Expression: fluent readers do not read like robots! They use their voice to
show emotions like anger, sadness, and happiness! They sometimes change
their voices to sound like characters in books.
Please make sure to join us for our Fall Literacy Celebration this Tuesday,
October 6, 2015 from 5:30-7:00 pm. We Hope to See You There!!!

Happy Reading,
Mrs. LeBlanc
Mrs. Stevens