As part of the week 3 assignment, we were to generate our
action research plan. My action research topic addresses how different
strategies aid and strengthen reading comprehension and fluency. As I listen to
students read, one thing becomes glaringly apparent. Most students are struggling with
fluency. My students read word by word
or in very short phrases. They do not
differentiate dialogue from other text, they do not attend to punctuation, and
they do not sound as if they are speaking.
Why is this a problem? Research
has indicated that if students are not reading fluently, they are spending too
much cognitive energy decoding the text, and their comprehension will
suffer. Too much time and energy spent
decoding text leaves little time or energy for constructing meaning from the
text, which is the ultimate goal of reading today.
My action research questions or inquiry questions are:
1. How does
repeated reading impact students who struggle with fluency in first grade?
2. What
intervention strategies are effective for rapidly improving students reading
skills and fluency rate?
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