Echo reading
Read one sentence aloud with great expression, then kids read the same sentence back, copying your voice. Ham it up for question marks and exclamation points! Echo reading lets kids hear what fluent reading sounds like before they try.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
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