Academy of READING ® Portfolio

Reading Fluency Portfolio develops reading fluency Reading fluency is the ability to read text accurately and quickly. It is comprised of 4 fluency indicators: –accuracy of word decoding –automaticity of word recognition –prosody of oral text reading –comprehension of connected text

Who needs Oral Reading Fluency Read Aloud activities help students develop automaticity of word recognition skills, speed and accuracy Students who need to improve fluency Students struggling with VM & AVM because oral practices helps make connection to written words, phrases, and sentences

Why Oral Reading? Important strategic component of an effective reading program Bridge between word recognition and comprehension Average student needs 4-14 exposures to a new word for automatic recognition Struggling readers needs 40+ exposures to a new word for automatic recognition

The Building Blocks of Reading ComprehensionVocabulary Oral Reading Fluency Phonics and Decoding Phonemic Awareness

What is Portfolio? Modeled fluent reading – rehearse (repeated reading), record, and self-evaluate. Each recording is stored in the student’s “Portfolio” for evaluation at the teacher’s convenience. Students can also access their saved oral reading comprehension recordings through their own “Player”. Oral Reading Subskills include letters, syllables, words, phrases and sentences. Oral Reading Comprehension include high-interest, leveled passages (levels 1 through 10) representing a variety of genres and subjects. Portfolio exercises are separate from Academy of READING ITP.

Inside the Media Room (Student View)

Inside the Laptop (Settings)

Inside the Laptop (Trophies) …..page 20

Inside the Laptop (Trophies)

Inside the Laptop (Player) ………….page 21

Inside the Laptop (Player)

Inside the Reading Studio

In the Reading Studio: Subskills, Words, Phrases, Sentences and Paragraphs

Oral Reading Subskills

Oral Reading Words

Oral Reading Phrases

Oral Reading Sentences

Oral Reading Comprehension ……page 30

Oral Reading Comprehension

Monitoring Portfolio Training

Monitoring Portfolio Training : Subskills, Words, Phrases and Sentences

Monitoring Portfolio Training: Comprehension

Monitoring Portfolio Training

Summary Portfolio offers practice in Oral Reading Subskills, letters, syllables, words, phrases and sentences. Oral Reading Comprehension includes high- interest, leveled passages (levels 1 through 10) representing a variety of genres and subjects. Students hear modeled fluent reading – rehearse (repeated reading), record, and self-evaluate. This is a great complementary tool to help build fluency in the foundation skills of reading.

Portfolio