Mrs. Rigsby's Classroom

What is fluency? With our Dibels testing township wide, this is often a word heard in the classroom.

According the National Reading Panel (2000), fluency is the ability to read text with speed, accuracy and proper expression.  Fluent readers:

• Recognize words automatically
• Read aloud effortlessly and with expression
• Do not have to concentrate on decoding
• Can focus on comprehension

Why choose poetry?

Poetry is

• Shorter than a full length story
• Often times contains rhyme and rhythm
• Has short and longer phrases to practice reading together
• Contains strong emotions (happy, sad, silly, angry, etc.)

Fun Poetry Websites

http://poetry4kids.com/

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/index.htm

http://www.shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html

http://www.magneticpoetry.com/kidspoetry/playonline.cfm