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Reading
Fluency and Singing
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“Fluent reading sounds like talking.” |
ASSEMBLIES
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Fluency and Singing -
“Fluent reading sounds like talking.” This simple principle
is at the core of Phil's Reading Fluency and Singing
presentation.
Through the use of familiar rhymes, historical speeches, songs, and popular TV/movie audio clips, students are engaged in an entertaining model of fluent reading. Developed with Reading Specialists, this program reinforces the basics of reading fluency:
1) Modeling Fluent Readers;
2) Reading Together (shared reading); and
3) Repetition and Feedback.
Your students also experience the connections between singing and reading which inspire a natural sense of phrasing, meter and expression.
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“Phil’s multisensory approach to the skill of reading easily tapped into the children’s natural sense of rhythm and rhyme, giving them a view of reading that immediately made sense. It was fantastic!” |
In addition, students learn how meter is defined in poetry and song through the use of simple two and three syllable words, i.e., pickles and cucumbers. By combining and grouping these syllables, students create meters and rhythms that are popular throughout Africa, Spain, and Latin America — please also see Phil's Cucumber Pickle Machine.
All this, coupled with Caribbean Steel Drums, African Talking Drums and a variety of “homemade” rhythm instruments, make this a delightful cross-curricular program to enrich your students. The Reading in Rhythm family activity night is also available as a hands-on follow up program for your parents and families.
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The students make Rainsticks |
FAMILY ACTIVITY NIGHTS
- Reading in Rhythm -
Get ready to move on this one! Reading in Rhythm begins
with an entertaining exploration of the rhythms of language through
shared reading, hand and body movements, and a variety of Caribbean,
African, and Latin American instruments.
The students then make their own Peruvian rain sticks, African stamping tubes, and Latin American guiros. After everyone finishes, we all join together for a concert of rhythm, movement, and shared reading.
In addition, Phil covers the major elements of how parents can read with their children and encourage their children to read through a number of helpful handouts and displays based on Jim Trelease’s classic, The Read-Aloud Handbook.
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ACTIVITIES
The following multimedia activities relate to this program:
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Cucumber Pickle Machine |
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Reading with your child |
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Encouraging your child to read |
