What are the other better approaches than popcorn reading?
Most of the time, popcorn reading is not accepted. You can now get much better approaches than it. The following are some of them:
BETTER METHODS
1. Choral reading: It reduces the public exposure of struggling readers by having the teacher and students read a chapter aloud together. David Paige discovered that 16 minutes per week of whole-class choral reading improved decoding and fluency.
Alternatively, pupils speak the word out whenever the teacher skips a word during oral reading.
2. Partner Reading: 2 different student teams trade reading aloud every time a new paragraph is introduced. Or they might read each chapter simultaneously.
3. Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS): In PALS exercises, strong and weak readers are paired up and alternate reading, rereading, and retelling.
4. Quiet Reading: Combine silent individuals trying to read with vocabulary instruction, etc., to provide additional scaffolding.
5. Echo Reading: Learners emulate the teacher’s speed and inflections as they repeat back what they hear them read.
6. Shared Reading/Modeling: The teacher models fluency by reading aloud as students follow behind in their own books, pausing occasionally to show comprehension techniques.
