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Helping teachers move beyond fluency as measured by speed alone, this book focuses on building the skills that students need to read accurately, meaningfully, and expressively--the essential components of reading comprehension. Each concise chapter presents a tried-and-true instructional or assessment strategy and shows how K-12 teachers can apply it in their own classrooms, using a wide variety of engaging texts. Special features include classroom examples, Your Turn activities, and 24 reproducible forms, in a large-size format for easy photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

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Children climb to new heights in reading and writing with these engaging word-building games! Working from the starting word at the bottom, children read clues on each rung, then change and rearrange letters to create words until they reach the top. All the while, they're boosting decoding and spelling skills, broadening vocabulary, and becoming better, more fluent readers. Word building games for Ages 7-8 to build fluency, vocabulary and spelling skills Over 80 photocopiable activities Perfect for use in the classroom or at home About the Author: Timothy Rasinski is a professor of literacy education at Kent State University and director of its award winning reading clinic. He has written over 200 articles and has authored, co-authored or edited over 50 books or curriculum programs on reading education. Please note this book is a UK edition and therefore contains British-English spellings.

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Children climb to new heights in reading and writing with these engaging word-building games! Working from the starting word at the bottom, children read clues on each rung, then change and rearrange letters to create words until they reach the top. All the while, they're boosting decoding and spelling skills, broadening vocabulary, and becoming better, more fluent readers. Word building games for Ages 8-9 to build fluency, vocabulary and spelling skills Over 80 photocopiable activities Perfect for use in the classroom or at home About the Author: Timothy Rasinski is a professor of literacy education at Kent State University and director of its award winning reading clinic. He has written over 200 articles and has authored, co-authored or edited over 50 books or curriculum programs on reading education. Please note this book is a UK edition and therefore contains British-English spellings.

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This accessible guide brings together well-known authorities to examine what reading fluency is and how it can best be taught. Teachers get a clear, practical roadmap for navigating the often confusing terrain of this crucial aspect of balanced literacy instruction. Innovative approaches to instruction and assessment are described and illustrated with vivid examples from K-12 classrooms. The book debunks common misconceptions about fluency and clarifies its key role in comprehension. Effective practices are presented for developing fluency in specific populations, including English language learners, adolescents, and struggling readers. New to This Edition *Reflects advances in fluency research and the ongoing development of exemplary instructional approaches. *Three new chapters on English language learners. *Chapters on adolescent fluency, reading expressiveness, oral reading instruction, and text selection.

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Children climb to new heights in reading and writing with these engaging word-building games! Working from the starting word at the bottom, children read clues on each rung, then change and rearrange letters to create words until they reach the top. All the while, they're boosting decoding and spelling skills, broadening vocabulary, and becoming better, more fluent readers. Word building games for Ages 9-11 to build fluency, vocabulary and spelling skills Over 80 photocopiable activities Perfect for use in the classroom or at home About the Author: Timothy Rasinski is a professor of literacy education at Kent State University and director of its award winning reading clinic. He has written over 200 articles and has authored, co-authored or edited over 50 books or curriculum programs on reading education. Please note this book is a UK edition and therefore contains British-English spellings.

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Children climb to new heights in reading and writing with these engaging word-building games! Working from the starting word at the bottom, children read clues on each rung, then change and rearrange letters to create words until they reach the top. All the while, they're boosting decoding and spelling skills, broadening vocabulary, and becoming better, more fluent readers. Word building games for Ages 6-7 to build fluency, vocabulary and spelling skills Over 80 photocopiable activities Perfect for use in the classroom or at home About the Author: Timothy Rasinski is a professor of literacy education at Kent State University and director of its award winning reading clinic. He has written over 200 articles and has authored, co-authored or edited over 50 books or curriculum programs on reading education. Please note this book is a UK edition and therefore contains British-English spellings.

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