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Building Fluency, Word-Recognition Ability, and Confidence in Struggling Readers: The Poetry Academy
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Direct linkWilfong, Lori G. – Reading Teacher, 2008
The purpose of this article is to describe a strategy called the Poetry Academy used to boost reading skills in elementary school students. The Poetry Academy paired struggling readers with a community volunteer to read poetry on a weekly schedule to practice fluency, work on word recognition abilities, and build confidence. A research study took…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Word Recognition, Reading Skills, Instructional Effectiveness
