The Six-Minute Solution: A Reading Fluency Program ...

The Six-Minute Solution: A Reading Fluency Program

(Secondary level)

Gail N. Adams, M.Ed. Sheron M. Brown, M.A., M.S.

Grades 6-9

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Permission is granted to the purchaser to reproduce the items in the Assessments, Fluency Building Sheets, and Appendix sections for use in the classroom only. No other portion of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written permission of the publisher. The San Diego Quick Test of Sight Word Recognition is copyrighted by the International Reading Association: LaPray, M., & Ramon, R. (January 1969) . The graded word list: Quick gauge of reading ability. Journal of Reading, 12, 305-307 . Reprinted with permission of the International Reading Association. All rights reserved.

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We would like to express our appreciation to: Dr. Anita Archer, the most gifted teacher we have ever known. Her

inspiration, friendship , and encouragement were instrumental in the development of this book.

Susan Van Zant and Teri Middleton, our dear friends and colleagues, for their willingness to assist us in writing and editing some of the material in this book.

Judy Wollberg of Sopris West, whose support and guidance were invaluable to us during this project.

Our immediate family members-Larry Adams, Jack Brown, and Jennifer Adams-for their patience, understanding, and love.

Our mothers-Ruth Novelli and Joan Miscall-who first instilled in us a love of reading. Gail N. Adams

Sheron M. Brown

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Gail N. Adams is a veteran teacher with 30 years of experience in elementary and middle schools. In addition to working as a resource specialist for the Poway (California) Unified School District, Adams served as an educational consultant for the San Diego Office of Education and the North County Professional Development Federation. As such, she was a contributing author and trainer for the materials developed under two California reading grants. Adams is also a nationally certified trainer for the REWARDS, Effective Reading Intervention Academy, Summer Reading Camp, and Read Naturally programs. She holds a master's degree in education with an emphasis in reading and is certified in general education, special education learning disabilities, and as a reading specialist.

Sheron M. Brown, a retired elementary reading specialist, was an educator for 38 years. She holds master's degrees in curriculum and instruction, reading, and educational administration. Brown began her teaching career in her home state of New Jersey and taught in Florida, Texas, Alaska, and California. She was a classroom teacher for grades 1-10 and an elementary administrator. Brown has also been an educational consultant for the San Diego County Office of Education and the North County Professional Development Federation. She conducts workshops and teacher trainings for school districts and conferences throughout the United States and is the author of four books of word-sorting and word-study activities: All Sorts of Sorts , All Sorts of Sorts 2, All Sorts of Sorts 3, and Words They Need to Know (with Sally Oppy). All are published by the Teaching Resource Center in San Diego, California.

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1 Introduction 5 Program Overview 1 1 Chapter 1: Assessments 1 9 Chapter 2: Selecting Fluency Partners and Instructional Groups 25 Chapter 3: Introducing the Fluency Concept 31 Chapter 4: Establishing Partner Behavior 35 Chapter 5: Training Students in the Partnership Model 39 Chapter 6: Managing Materials 41 Chapter 7: Student Progress and Record Keeping 4 7 Chapter 8: Comprehension and Writing Strategies 53 Conclusion: More Than Six Minutes a Day

55 Assessments 56 Using the Six-Minute Solution Secondary Assessment Passages 58 Assessment Passages 64 San Diego Quick Assessment of Reading Ability

69 Fluency Building Sheets 70 Practice Passages

226 Automatic Word Lists 252 Vowels and Vowel Combinations Fluency Building Sheets 260 Prefixes Fluency Building Sheets 270 Suffixes Fluency Building Sheets

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Appendix 284 Frequently Asked Questions 287 Fluency Assessment Report 288 Initial Assessment Record 289 Fluency Record 290 Fluency Graph 1 291 Fluency Graph 2 292 Fluency Graph 3

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