Thursday, August 7, 2014

Timothy Rasinski on Fluency Recommended for Teachers of Grades K-5 Nationally-renowned fluency expert Timothy Rasinski discusses ways to help young children develop their reading fluency, word recognition, and overall comprehension. Rasinski will present a research-proven early intervention program where parents and children engage in repeated, guided reading, and then do a quick skill-building activity to help build a foundation for reading success

Orton Gillingham has a good list of educational apps.  They break them into lower & upper elementary, ELL, middle school, high school and educators.
Orton Gillingham Educational Apps

Collins Cobuild Dictionary Online

Here is the link to the Collins Cobuild Online Dictionary.  (The dictionary cited in the vocabulary section was the Collins Cobuild Student Dictionary, 2005)  If you make sure you are on the "English for Learners" tab the definitions seem quite student friendly.

Collins Cobuild Dictionary

Fluency Growth

Here is a good article on fluency growth.  It has average weekly growth for students.
Remember the Mounds View uses it own data for fluency targets.

Fluency Norms Chart

Text Talk lessons

Text Talk lessons

Scholastic Text Talk Program ($)
Scholastic Text Talk