You Oughta Use the Periods and Stuff to Slow Down: Reading Fluency through Oral Interpretation of YA Lit

The authors acted on their belief that familiarity with text and repeated readings of it would help students with fluency, comprehension, and confidence. They assembled a list of “cuttings”excerpts of full-length books from which seventh-grade students could choose to prepare a public reading. After working alone, in pairs, and reading for a third-grade “buddy,” this limited sampling of students showed improved confidence and marked reading improvement.