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Now we can use Wonderopolis in an all new way. Last week, I thought of a new way to use this tool to assist students in increasing their reading fluency. When we mention fluency in reading, we refer to the rate at which a person reads aloud, with a goal of reaching a conversational speed. After finding the Wonderopolis website, students may choose to allow the site to read the article of the day out loud. As the passage is read - in a semi-robotic voice - the words are highlighted on the screen. Instead of listening to listening to the computer, the student may mute the sound and read the article aloud, trying to stay ahead of the moving highlights. In this way, a fourth grader may read more conversationally, with a goal of reaching more than 140 words per minute by the end of our school year.
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