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Music teacher has to teach reading fluency

by Anne

Oct 14, 2011

Help! My classes on teaching reading in content area were 7 years ago, and completely non-helpful.

I have a 30 min intervention class every day with 12 2nd graders who are barely below grade level, and I'm supposed to work on fluency with them.

I've been given one book. We start in a week, and they told me yesterday.

Please, direct me to resources, give me ideas that work for you, anything!

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Sara On 10/14/11, Anne wrote: > Help! My classes on teaching reading in content area were 7 > years ago, and completely non-helpful. > > I have a 30 min intervention class every day with 12 2nd > graders who are barely below grade level, and I'm supposed > to work on fluency with them. > > I've been given one book. We start in a ...See MoreOn 10/14/11, Anne wrote: > Help! My classes on teaching reading in content area were 7 > years ago, and completely non-helpful. > > I have a 30 min intervention class every day with 12 2nd > graders who are barely below grade level, and I'm supposed > to work on fluency with them. > > I've been given one book. We start in a week, and they told > me yesterday. > > Please, direct me to resources, give me ideas that work for > you, anything!

Reading builds reading fluency - these kids are barely below grade level? First off, they should be reading in books that are easy for them - not at the edge of where they can read but books that are easy for them to read- if the goal is fluency. Fluency means somebody thinks these kids have phonics down well and can read but they need to become smoother readers. That really happens best with reading practice.

You can read aloud for a part of every class or certainly every Friday - reading aloud enriches their reading vocabulary. Read a chapter every Friday or rent a CD or buy one if you're not a comfortable and expressive aloud reader.

You can write up one page biographies of great musicians and print out 12 copies. Or maybe find them online. And read the biography as a group. Even just a paragraph. like this.

New words: Command. Composer.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an unusual little boy. He could play the piano and very well when he was just three years old! The emperor of Austria heard about this little boy and commanded him to play for him. After that, every king and queen in Europe wanted to hear Mozart play.

Mozart went on to become a great composer of music as well as a pianist. (Ok here I need more facts about Mozart but you get the point)

Something short in language they can understand with a new word or two or three included. It's really not hard and on the back of the sheet put a picture of the composer. And then play some of the music for them - that will be a BIG hit with the kids.

Do one biography of a great musician every week, do read aloud on Friday. Do a child's poem another day. Do a folktale another day. Most of this can be found online or easily written.

Always asking them to think about what they're reading and asking them to connect the reading to real life. If you possibly can, read a book called Mosaic of Thought - it's the PERFECT book to read to teach reading.

I think a music teacher can make a GREAT reading teacher!

Oct 15, 2011

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