Ms. Krueger's Science and Social Studies Class

For the next few weeks, the 3 rd  grade team will be focusing on improving students’ reading fluency through poetry. When children are able to read quickly and accurately with expression, they are reading with fluency. Research shows that when students read texts multiple times, their fluency increases. This in turn improves comprehension, or an understanding of what has been read. Because fluency leads to comprehension, fluent readers enjoy reading more than students who devote all their energy to sounding out words.  Beginning Monday, May 8, your child will receive one poem each night. As a part of students’ daily Homefun, an adult will need listen to them read the poem three times. This strategy is called  Repeated Reading . We encourage you to read the poem with them! Encourage your child to read with prosody, expression, and have fun with it!  Sign and date  the back of your child’s poem each night, and feel free to make a comment as well! Th...