Word Fluency Practice using podcasting

Word Fluency Practice

Students are partnered up by 2s. I have 18 students so I would have 9 groups of 2.

Supplies:
Each group of students would have:
a digital recording device
a microphone
2 sets of head phones
1 stop watch
one copy of Word Fluency Practice story for the week
student wpm tracking sheet (1 for each student)

Duration of Lesson: 15 minutes 3 times a week, throughout the year

Students are partnered by Kagan Structuring.
Students get with their partner and get their Word Fluency Practice Podcasting Supply kits.
Students trade off who reads first and who times first. One student reads the story(student A) for the week while the other student(student B) times them. As the student is reading they should be recording themselves to listen to after. The time limit is one minute. After a minute the student stops reading. The students figure how many words the student read in one minute and record the number on that students tracking sheet. Both students listen to the playback of student A reading. Students are listening to fluency, pausing, pitch, tone, speed, and pronunciation. Each week students will focus on listening to different things about their own reading. After student A goes then it is student B's turn to read. The process is repeated. Each student is to read and record themselves twice, and to be the timer twice. After each students turn the students are to listen to their readings. When finished students are to return items to where they got them from and review their WPM(words per minute) for that day.

Teacher and Title 1 tutor monitor assist students as they do the activity. Students are informally assessed by observation, participation grade from tracking sheet up-to-date, and through timed reading progress monitoring by teacher or title 1 tutor.