then… provide additional fluency practice by pairing nonfluent readers with fluent ones.
Volcanoes Group Time
Retell Leveled Reader Do Animals Have a Sixth Sense?
Model how to skim to retell pp. 3–6. Then ask students to retell Do Animals Have a Sixth Sense?, skimming page by page. Prompt them as needed.
What was this page about?
What did you learn from reading this section?
for Fluency
MODEL Tell students that good silent readers block out other noises and pay attention to what they are reading. They also self-correct when they misread or skip a word. Then model, reading aloud pp. 6–7 of the Leveled Reader Do Animals Have a Sixth Sense? Misread a word or two. Have students notice how you self-correct. Discuss how being good silent readers will help students understand and remember what they read.
PRACTICE Have students reread passages from Do Animals Have a Sixth Sense? with a partner or individually. Encourage students to self-correct. For optimal fluency, they should reread three or four times. As students read, monitor fluency and provide corrective feedback. Assess any students you have not yet checked during this unit.
Model how to skim to retell pp. 3–6. Then ask students to retell Do Animals Have a Sixth Sense?, skimming page by page. Prompt them as needed.
for Fluency