Read Like Us: Building Fluency Through Repeated Reading & Challenging Texts with Jake Downs & Chase Young
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Melissa and Lori discuss a research-backed fluency routine with Jake Downs and Chase Young.
Episode 245 In this episode, Melissa and Lori are joined by researchers Jake Downs and Chase Young to discuss Read Like Us, a research-backed fluency routine designed to help students reread challenging texts with purpose. Jake and Chase share the findings from their recent study, explain how the routine works in real classrooms, and explore why fluency grows when students have multiple supported opportunities to read connected text. The conversation unpacks: what makes Read Like Us different...
People in this episode
Hosts: Melissa, Lori
Guests: Jake Downs, Chase Young
Topics covered
- fluency
- repeated reading
- challenging texts
- education
- research
- reading routine
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Organizations: Great Minds
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