I found the above self reflection sheet on Pinterest (of course right?). I thought it was a cute and fun way to let children assess themselves on their fluency, and an easy way to see if you and the child were on the same page about their progress.
The two readings I read were the Deeney and Rasinski articles. The second of the two was really interesting to me because I obviously read more in depth about fluency in reading, but the cool thing to me was the three parts of fluency. I have not heard of the three different dimensions they were talking about but when I read about each, I knew exactly what it was referring to because I remember going through decoding words as a read and trying to stumble through pronouncing different words, as well as finally reading for the first time not having to worry about how to pronounce most of the words and I could understand the deeper meaning of the text or what the words were actually saying and knowing what the punctuation meant while reading. I also liked the different prompts and responses that you could use while teaching fluency that this article supplied throughout the text, as well as the rating sheet (1-4) in how to measure fluency when teaching it.
The first reading listed emphasized the uses of One Minute Assessments on reading fluency and if they were helpful or hurtful, but in my opinion it also went into greater detail about the components of reading fluency. I am glad that I read this one second because it went into greater detail about the three (or four in this article) components that I read about in the first article. I found that I enjoyed that because it gave me another view point on what the earlier one was talking about. The rest of the article about the One minute assessments, I found that as I was reading about how/why they are conducted in the classroom, I agree that some aspects can be good. Something that I didn't agree with was that these assessments didn't measure comprehension, which to me is very key in measuring reading fluency, as well as reading in general. I think that these are considerable tools that we as teachers can use to give quick feed back about 2 aspects of reading fluency, but I think that we should also use other measures and ways to relate to and understand the child about their reading fluency experiences. Especially when it comes to deciding how to teach or work on "problem areas" for that child.
I skipped over the multidimensional fluency scale when reading the Rasinski article and I'm glad you brought that to my attention! I like the scale they provide. I had mentioned something in my post about assessing students on all levels of fluency, but I had not read something about how they do that in the Deeney article. I felt that in the one-minute article they were more concerned with rate and accuracy. Comprehension and prosody is very important too!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you about the comprehension and prosody! It concerns me that some teachers would just use this to assess their children. I couldn't imagine that being the only thing to go off of! Maybe that's just me but it would be hard to really base how I teach a certain child off of one assessment!
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of the three parts of fluency either. I was glad that an article discussed that reading is more than speed. Comprehension, decoding, and processing all lead to a fluent reader!
ReplyDeleteI really like the pinterest self-reflection sheet you posted! We as teachers are now aware of the three parts of fluency, but it's so important to explain to children what we are trying to teach them. I love how it puts those dimensions in a "kid friendly" format.
ReplyDeleteI saw the same self reflection sheet on Pinterest and saved it! I think when teachers encourage students to self monitor themselves they take more pride and ownership in what they are learning. I also think teachers need to let students know that the fastest readers may not be comprehending the text as well, while encouraging fluency it is so important to point out comprehension and prosody too! I am not the fastest reader around, and I never understood how some people can just "skim" an article. In order for me to fully comprehend what I am reading I need time to let it sink it, I will definitely let my students know that while speed is somewhat important they should not stress over! Rate will increase with practice!
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