Oct 29

Today I had a chance to read with a small group of students who do read, but perhaps not fluently. I noticed all the mistakes they made -- transpositions, substitutions, deletions... they seemed to understand what they read but it was interesting to note this characteristic as a hallmark of a disfluent reader. It reinforces the need in my mind for reading instruction such as the Reading Naturally that we're doing, where students practice reading something fluently. I also wonder what impact this has on comprehension. They do seem to understand what they're reading. I'm learning a lot about non-beginning readers who are older but who are still struggling.