For the introduction, I am going to say, “How any of you ever read a story or a passage and completely forget what the passage was even about? Or have any of you ever read something, but kept having to stop reading midsentence because the words were too hard? Well, today we are going to learn how to read a passage fluently, so that we better comprehend what the passage was about.”
2. Teacher Modeling (I Do)
After my introduction, I am going to have a classroom discussion about what reading fluency is and why it is important. Then I will ask the classroom the 4 Critical Thinking Questions and have a discussion. After we do this, I am going to model how to do the “1st Grade Reading Fluency” worksheet. I will read part of the