LESSON EIGHT: Reaching Your Destination

LESSON DESCRIPTION

Students present their chosen texts for their classmates. 

GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

R1D        Read grade-level instructional text with fluency, accuracy, and appropriate expression; adjusting reading rate to difficulty and type of text.

LS2         in discussions and presentations, speak clearly and stay on topic, use appropriate tone of voice, rate of speech, fluency/inflections and eye contact.

LS1         Listen for enjoyment, information, directions, to identify and evaluate tone, mood, and emotions of verbal and nonverbal communications.

LESSON MATERIALS

§         Sources of literature

o        None 

§         Supplies

o        None

§         Handouts provided

o        Reading Rate and Fluency scoring guide

§         Words to know

o        fluency

o        grade-level

o        mood

o        reading rate

o        tone

o        nonverbal

o        verbal communication

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 

Classroom presentation of text.  Scoring guide provided.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1.       Teacher reminds students of active listening skills.

2.        Teacher will decide the order of performance.

3.      Students will go up one at a time and read fluently while the teacher assesses the students reading rate and fluency using the Reading Rate and Fluency Scoring Guide.