tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233884203197473653.post6621181855071457642..comments2024-02-15T01:01:11.318-08:00Comments on The Joy of Literacy: Fluency Part 1: The Importance of Reading FluentlyRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14431678965477649493noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233884203197473653.post-71666546765223716682011-05-16T14:32:27.308-07:002011-05-16T14:32:27.308-07:00@ anon NC lit coach- Great comment! Yes, that'...@ anon NC lit coach- Great comment! Yes, that's a excellent term (automaticity) to introduce to teachers, parents, students. I should use it more often. When kids stop thinking about word chunking, decoding, sounding things out, etc...they achieve automaticity and they can focus on comprehension.<br /><br />I also have kids that read through puctuation marks to read faster- and like you said, they really don't understand the text then. I use Read like we talk too- unfortunately some of my kids mumble and don't enunciate when they talk, so I wish I had a different prompt for those kids. Do you have any ideas for that issue?Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14431678965477649493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233884203197473653.post-51569251951318797132011-05-15T14:34:59.707-07:002011-05-15T14:34:59.707-07:00I am a literacy coach in NC and I have encouraged ...I am a literacy coach in NC and I have encouraged my staff to use the word automaticity as they refer to fluency with students and parents. Some of our students are trying to read so fast that they do not comprehend anything and then they are unable to retell or state details about the passage. So automaticity is our word for reading fluent.....read like we talk :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com