Review the Handout: Fluency: Partner Reading. It provides a lesson for partner reading and instructions for pairing students.
Remember, select reading material that is at an independent level for the more advanced partner and at an instructional level for the less advanced partner.
Fluency-Partner Reading
- This activity helps students build reading fluency through repeated paired reading.
Source: Second Grade Online Teacher Reading Academy
Narrator
Let's discuss the procedures for pairing students. When pairing students, rank all students in the class according to reading ability. Next, divide the list in half and pair the top-ranked student in the higher performing half with the top-ranked student in the lower performing half. Then pair the next two students from each half. Continue this process until all students are paired, with partner one, the higher-performing student, helping partner two, the lower-performing student.