[MOSAIC] Alternative to round robin

[rkheim at bellsouth.net]

You are right when you say that some kids need to read orally in order to better comprehend.  One way to faciliate this (as opposed to round-robin reading) is to provide students with "whisper tubes".  I had a parent make them out of pvc pipes - they resemble a telephone.  Kids can whisper into the mouthpiece and hear from the other end.  This way they do not interfere with other readers and can more easily correct miscues, check fluency, and hear themselves read.  Other kids aren't tempted to corrrect the reading because they can't hear it.  I also use them during writing workshop to allow students to read their pieces without distracting their classmates.   

Kathy