ND Curriculum Initiative

The North Dakota Curriculum Initiative (NDCI) is a long-term professional development program for North Dakota public and non-public school curriculum administrators and teachers.

Increasing Reading Fluency

NDCLP. For grade(s)

K-4

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*The student will read passages at their Instructional Reading Level from the Read Naturally Program to build oral reading fluency.

*The student will complete lessons in the REWARDS (Reading Excellence: Word Attack, & Rate Development Strategies) Multisyllabic Word Reading Strategies Program to build phonics skills and work attack strategies, including dictation, decoding, and encoding.

Subject & Standards

2. Students engage in the reading process.:

Needs Assessment/Rational

*Through the DIBELS program the student was selected as qualifying for Progress Monitoring in Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) based on the Fall benchmark score.

*The student scored below the benchmark goal and was at the “at risk” level during the Fall benchmark assessment period.

Equipment/Materials Needed

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
REWARDS Multisyllabic Word Reading Strategies
Read Naturally
Graphs
Stopwatch
Highlighters
Pencils

Understandings & Goals

Being a fluent reader builds comprehension and is appealing for the listening audience.

Questions Answered

The student will read at their grade level oralreading fluency benchmark.

Assessment

DIBELS progress monitoring.

Instructional Strategies

Student will independently read passages at their grade level, graph their correct words per minute.

Procedures

Student selects passages of interest at their independent reading level. The student will read and reread the passages charting their correct words per minute. The student will read the passage up to 3 times per day and up to 3-5 days per week.

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