Using Oral Cloze to Build Fluency

Oral cloze is a structured engagement routine that provides a model of fluent reading while actively engaging students through focused, accountable, on-task reading practice. To do oral cloze, omit the key words indicated in the Teacher's Edition during Whole-Group Shared Reading, asking students to chime in and read them aloud.

Fluency teaching and assessment occurs throughout the READ 180 Instructional Model: Small-Group Instruction

• Teach fluency routines and lessons located in RDI Book 1 and in the Differentiated Support at the end of each Workshop in the Teacher's Edition.
• Print students' current Topic Software passages from SAM Resources. Partner students to take turns reading aloud, while the other student follows along, offering feedback, correction, and encouragement.

Instructional Software

• Remind students to read their Topic Software passages at least once a day and provide feedback while they read them aloud.
• Listen to students' final passage recordings from the Success Zone and use them to assess fluency progress.

Modeled and Independent Reading

• Check-in to make sure that your students are following along with the Audiobook Narrator.
• Guide students to choose Paperbacks at their independent reading level.

Assessment

• Check the READ 180 Student Diagnostic Report to monitor students' fluency.
• Periodically administer the Oral Fluency Assessment (OFA) located in the Placement, Assessment, and Reporting Guide to measure students' fluency.