Fluency Phones
Amplifying Students' Voices in Oral Reading (Virtual Tour)
Stage of Literacy Development:
Stage 1: Beginning LiteracyStage 2: Consolidation / Fluency
Ages:
5-8
Grade Range:
K 1st 2ndFood Groups:
Primary: Reading Fluency & Expression, Classroom Tips
Transcript
When students are working on fluency and expression it's very difficult for them to actually hear themselves in a busy classroom full of students. The greatest way to turn up their volume in an easy way is, and an inexpensive way, is plumber's pipe. You can buy these fancy phones already created, and they probably have a fancy name, but instead, at your local hardware store, you can buy some plumber's pipe. And when the students hold this up to their ear and talk into it you actually get a different sense of audio of your own voice and the students can hear exactly what they're doing with their reading effectively and fluently. This is something they can do at any time in the classroom, in any area of the classroom because the volume is so loud that it will actually overcome the other noise in the classroom.
Activity Objective
The goal of Fluency Phones: Amplifying Students' Voices in Oral Reading (Virtual Tour) is to promote speed, accuracy, and proper expression in reading.
Quick Tips
Additional Comments:
- To make these engaging tools for your students look for plumber's pipe at your local hardware store.
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