accuracy every day. This was done for both every repeated reading passage in the first phase and again for every repeated reading of song lyrics in the lyrics condition. Each pas- sage and set of song lyrics ranged from 160- 200 words.
During the repeated reading of pas- sages only, the teacher calculated each stu- dent’s CWPM by counting all words read cor- rectly and dividing by time spent reading to determine words read correctly per minute.
During the repeated reading of song lyrics, all students individually charted (Ap- pendix A) their reading rate and accuracy every day. As the students engaged in daily repeated reading, the teacher documented the students’ errors and total time it took to com-
plete the passage. Upon completion of reading, the teacher met with each student individually to discuss reading errors and amount of time it took the student to read the pas- sage in seconds. After the discus- sion, the student used bar graphs to chart out the number of errors and time (in seconds) it took to com- plete the reading of the passage.
Assessing Motivation: As a group, the teacher and the students discussed their feel- ings and perceptions about the intervention after each phase. The teacher, informally, asked, “Do you like the fluency activity we just did?”, “What did you like/dislike about the fluency activity?” The teacher also ob- served the students’ behaviors in terms of:1) spontaneous comments, 2)facial gestures, and 3) level of energy and excitement.
Prosody: The teacher informally ob- served for prosody while each student indi- vidually read aloud each passage or set of song lyrics. During the repeated reading of