{"id":626,"date":"2011-10-10T17:23:15","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T00:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com\/?p=626"},"modified":"2011-10-10T17:23:15","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T00:23:15","slug":"a-case-for-repeated-readings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/?p=626","title":{"rendered":"A Case for Repeated Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many young children who are being read to, prefer to read\u00a0the same book over and over again. \u00a0If you are not living this out right now,\u00a0you most likely remember how you were on your umpteenth reading of <em>George and Martha<\/em>, (or something of the\u00a0like) and you would give anything for your child to pick ANYTHING else off the\u00a0bookshelf for you to read. \u00a0Turns out those little tykes had something there.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_635\" style=\"width: 438px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betherebedtimestories.com\/book.aspx?bookID=84\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-635\" class=\"size-full wp-image-635 \" title=\"When_Mama_ForBlog\" src=\"https:\/\/betherebedtimestories.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/when_mama_forblog3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/when_mama_forblog3.png 1330w, https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/when_mama_forblog3-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/when_mama_forblog3-1024x599.png 1024w, https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/when_mama_forblog3-1080x631.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;When Mama Reads to Me&quot; - Be There Creative Works on BeThereBedtimeStories.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One strategy teachers use in classrooms from kindergarten to\u00a012<sup>th<\/sup> grade is repeated readings. \u00a0This is a research proven strategy that allows\u00a0students to build reading fluency which leads to reading comprehension. \u00a0Reading fluency\u00a0includes the usual suspects of reading accurately and at an appropriate rate. \u00a0But it also includes \u00a0cadence (rhythm),\u00a0tone and expression. \u00a0Reading aloud is a sophisticated skill and students learn\u00a0to master all these things while being read to and also being allowed to read\u00a0passages or books over and over.<\/p>\n<p>Having your student re-read passages allows them to eventually\u00a0master all of these components of fluency. \u00a0The next time you are reading with\u00a0your child, ask him\/her to re-read a section. \u00a0You could even read it to them\u00a0and model fluency for them. \u00a0When they re-read a passage, it gives you the\u00a0opportunity to point out what they did better the second time through. \u00a0Everyone\u00a0likes instant gratification and that will build their motivation to work on\u00a0their reading, no matter what their level of expertise. \u00a0Try it and let me know \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0how it goes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many young children who are being read to, prefer to read\u00a0the same book over and over again. \u00a0If you are not living this out right now,\u00a0you most likely remember how you were on your umpteenth reading of George and Martha, (or something of the\u00a0like) and you would give anything for your child to pick ANYTHING [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,67],"tags":[149,70,63,124,150,151],"class_list":["post-626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-tips-for-reading","tag-fluency","tag-literacy","tag-reading","tag-reading-comprehension","tag-repeated-readings","tag-student"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/read.betherebedtimestories.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}