After viewing these two short videos on fluency, answer the questions listed below. Your responses may be submitted as bulleted items containing key words or phrases. Make sure your answers are based directly from these selected video resources.
- Short Video: Tim Shanahan, PhD & Elfrieda Hiebert, PhD Defining Fluency (Links to an external site.)
- Defining Fluency (with captions)
- Short Video: Elfrieda Hiebert, PhD What is Important to Consider When Assessing Fluency?
- What is Important to consider When Assessing Fluency? (with captions)
Follow-Up Questions
- What is fluency? (3 key words)
- According to the Five Domains of Reading from the National Reading Panel, what is the role fluency plays in learning to read?
- What happens when you are not able to read fluently?
- What is one way students can be assessed for fluency?
- What is the minimum amount of time a student will need to read to you so that you can get an indication of the student’s fluency abilities?
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After you view these short videos, write a Brief Summary.
The purpose of this activity is to highlight the important information related to the concepts of the Alphabetic Principle and Phonics and to create focal points as you view the video through your summary. Write a summary that best captures your understanding about the Alphabetic Principle and Phonics. Your summary may be no longer than one full paragraph. This is for your note-taking and study purposes. There is a 1 point award for submitting your completed notes. Processing through this activity builds your background knowledge about the Alphabetic Principle and Phonics. Additionally, you should be able to differentiate between phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and phonics.
- What are the different types of Phonics Instruction? (Links to an external site.)
- The Alphabetic Principle (Links to an external site.)
While viewing this video, please take note of the following questions. These questions are intended to help you focus on important take-aways from the video viewing. You do not have to submit these responses.
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- Pay close attention to the instructional method used by the teacher. Describe the teaching environment.
- What is the main purpose or objective of her lesson?
- How is she teaching this lesson?
- What skill or skills are being targeted?
- What is she doing to help support students with a special need?
- The Importance of the Alphabetic Principle (Links to an external site.)
- What is Phonics?