DescriptionEcho reading is an Assisted Oral Reading strategy, which is a fluency strategy that consist of a student or group of students and a fluent reader (usually the teacher) reading materials all together. Echo reading is when the fluent reader models oral reading and has the students imitate what has been read. The teacher reads a few lines or passages with expression and fluent pace, and then has the students repeat with the correct expression and pace. This strategy works most effectively while being done with short segments of text and works well with beginner readers.
Video: The video on the right-hand column gives an excellent example of what echo reading is. The teacher begins by refreshing the students memory of what echor reading is. If your student does not know what echo reading is, you will want to make sure that you model it beforehand until they understand and able to follow along. Pictures: The pictures on the right are both examples of what echo reading may look like. There is a student and a fluent reader/adult working together to read the text. One thing to remember, is that echo reading doesn't only have to be between one student and a fluent reader, it can also be between a fluent reader and a small group of children. The idea is for students to learn from the adult as to how expressions and pace sounds while your are reading. |
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Content Area Examples1. Health: Echo reading can take place in health by reading a book on nutritious foods. The teacher can take a group of low level reading students and read each sentence to the students and then the students read the sentences back. This way students will hear what difficult words sound like, the pace sounds like, and the expression sounds like in the story. It will give these low level students the opportunity to learn new words and gain more practice with their reading.
2. Literacy: Echo reading can take place in literacy through a one-on-one reading group with a para. The para can take a book that the student enjoys reading, such as from their book bin, and work with the student to read through the entire book. First the para would read a sentence and then the student would echo the para with the exact expression and pace. 3. Science: Echo reading can take place in science through reading an article with high level words. This way the student hears the words first, and then imitates what they heard. This will help the student learn new words, as well as get that practice with reading higher level readings. 4. Mathematics: Echo reading can take place in math while the student is at home. If the student needs to read a chapter from their mathematics textbook, a fluent reader at home can help the student read through the chapter. It will help model how to read a textbook, and the student will gain word recognition through the process of echoing the fluent reader. |
Resources1. Jennings, J., Caldwell, J., & Lerner, J. (2014). Improving Word Knowledge: Fluency. In Reading Problems: Assessment and Teaching Strategies (7th ed., p. 211). Boston, Massachusetts: Pearson.
2. Echo Reading. (2011, August 23. Retrieved October 8, 2015, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxFLeIZQzV0 |