📚 Fluency G4U2W5D4

Objective: Read grade level text with purpose and understanding and can read with proper volume, expression, phrasing, smoothness, pace & accuracy.

Success Criteria: I can read with varied volume, expression, phrasing, smoothness, pace and accuracy-working towards earning a 4 in all areas on the fluency rubric.

Watch the following video on the skill for the week:  (Closed Captions are available on the video if you want them. Select the CC button to turn them on or off). 

Instructions:

1. Read the poem below. As you do so, remember the skill you are working on. Make sure to practice using that skill as you read. 
2. Keep in mind the expression, phrasing, smoothness, pace, & accuracy rubrics. Your goal is to get a 4.

Expression Rubric

1. Reads in a quiet voice as if to get words out. The reading does not sound natural like talking to a friend. 
2. Reads in a quiet voice. The reading sounds natural in part of the text, but the reader does not always sound like they are talking to a friend.
3. Reads with volume and expression. However, sometimes the reader slips into expressionless reading and does not sound like they are talking to a friend. 
4. Reads with varied volume and expression. The reader sounds like they are talking to a friend with their voice matching the interpretation of the passage. 

Phrasing Rubric

1. Reads in a monotone with little sense of boundaries; frequently reads word-by-word.
2. Frequently reads in two- and three- word phrases, giving the impression of choppy reading; improper stress and intonation fail to mark ends of sentences and clauses. 
3. Reads with a mixture of run-ons, mid-sentence pauses for breath, and some choppiness, reasonable stress and intonation. 
4. Generally reads with good phrasing, mostly in clause and sentence units, with adequate attention to expression. 

Smoothness Rubric

1. Makes frequent extended pauses, hesitations, false starts, sound-outs, repetitions, and/or multiple attempts. 
2. Experiences several "rough spots" in text where extended pauses or hesitations are more frequent and disruptive.
3. Occasionally breaks smooth rhythm because of difficulties with specific words and/or structures.
4. Generally reads smoothly with some breaks, but resolves word and structure difficulties quickly, usually through self-correction. 

Pace Rubric

1. Reads slowly and laboriously. 
2. Reads moderately slowly.
3. Reads with an uneven mixture of fast and slow pace. 
4. Consistently reads at conversational pace; appropriate rate throughout reading.

Accuracy Rubric

1. Read with 6 or more errors
2. Read with 4-5 errors
3. Read with 2-3 errors
4. Read with 0-1 errors

I Dreamed That I Was Flying

I dreamed that I was in my room
when much to my surprise,
I found that if I flapped my arms
it made me start to rise.

I waved my arms a little more
and floated off the ground,
I rose up to the ceiling
and I had a look around.

I flapped around my bedroom
then decided what I’d do:
I opened up my window,
waved my arms, and out I flew!

I flew around the city
with surprising grace and ease.
I sailed along the rooftops
and I soared among the trees.

I chased a pair of pigeons
’round the playground in the park.
I raced beside a robin
and cavorted with a lark.

And when I tired of flying
and decided I should rest,
I joined a sleeping eagle
for a nap inside his nest.

I woke confused this morning,
and I had to scratch my head,
for underneath my covers
I found feathers in my bed.

 By Kenn Nesbitt