READ NATURALLY

1. What is the Read Naturally Program?
2. What are the benefits of Read Naturally?

What is the Read Naturally Program?

I use this program to help students improve their reading.  Read 
Naturally 
incorporates teacher modeling, repeated reading, and progress 
monitoring 
into a single set of steps to improve fluency in the following 
way:

A.  Students select a story and get a baseline for progress 
monitoring by 
timing themselves for one minute as they read the passage for the 
first time.

B.  Teaching modeling occurs as students read along with an audio 
recording 
of the story.  Usually students read along two or three times, 
but this 
varies depending on the age and ability of the student.

C.  Studetns read the passage aloud repeatedly, timing themselves 
to check 
progress.  They keep reading the passage until they can read at 
an 
individual goal rate set by the teacher.

When students reach their goal rate, they move on to answer the 
comprehension qusetions.  At this point, the student reads aloud 
to the 
teacher.  Students who read with expression, at the goal rate, 
and with three or fewer errors pass the story.

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What are the benefits of Read Naturally?

The Read Naturally strategy results in significant improvement in 
the reading
fluency of students.  Other benefits may include the following:  
students 
often experience an increase in their confidence and self-esteem; 
students 
express confidence in their academic abilities; and students like 
the 
immediate feedback from the program and the teacher.

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