then… provide additional fluency practice by pairing nonfluent readers with fluent ones.
Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest Group Time
Retell Leveled Reader Measuring the Weather
Model how to use the photographs to retell the selection. Then ask students to retell the book, one page at a time. Prompt them as needed.
What is this page mostly about?
What did you learn from reading this page?
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MODEL Read aloud pp. 3–4 of the Leveled Reader Measuring the Weather. Explain to students that you are going to read the same pages silently. Model finding a quiet place to read and blocking outside stimuli. Then model inappropriate silent reading behavior, such as whispering to a friend. Have students tell you which model was better. Discuss how students should read with accuracy and self-correct when necessary.
PRACTICE Have students find a quiet place in the classroom to silently reread passages from Measuring the Weather. Remind students that it is important to self-correct and check their comprehension as they read in order to better understand the selection. Assess the fluency of students in this group using p. 59a.
Model how to use the photographs to retell the selection. Then
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