Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Accurately means reading without mistakes, and automatically means knowing the words immediately without sounding them out.
- Prosody is reading aloud with appropriate changes in voice, pitch, and expression.
- Reading can occur for different purposes and setting a purpose for reading can improve comprehension.
- Rereading is a strategy that aids in word recognition and comprehension.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Set a purpose prior to reading aloud.
- Read aloud accurately, automatically, while using appropriate expression.
- Self-correct and reread when necessary.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Identifying their purpose for reading prior to beginning to read can improve their comprehension of the text.
- Fluent readers are accurate, automatic, and use appropriate voice expression.
- If a word is misread, they need to self-correct and reread.
- If their comprehension begins to break down, they need to reread to improve their understanding.
Vocabulary
- Accuracy
- Automaticity
- Prosody
- Expression
- Purpose
- Understanding
- Self-correcting
- Rereading