Term
Fall 2025
Capstone
Capstone Project
Degree Name
MA-TESOL
Facilitator(s)
Jennifer Carlson
Abstract
Many multilingual learners in US schools face significant hurdles in reading achievement, especially in rural and under-resourced districts. This capstone project addresses the question, How can a teacher-created toolkit enhance existing curriculum to improve reading fluency for English learners? Reading fluency, which serves as a bridge between decoding and comprehension, is an essential component of the science of reading. This project focuses on designing a research-based reading fluency toolkit that supports the Geodes® curriculum through hands-on activities that strengthen accuracy, speed, expression, pacing, prosody, word recognition, and comprehension. While the toolkit has not yet been formally implemented, analysis will include the use of assessment tools such as FASTBridge for progress monitoring and the ACCESS for ELLs to assess annual growth. This project illustrates how accessible, classroom-ready supports can help educators provide opportunities for English learners to become more fluent readers.
Keywords
Curriculum, ESL/ ELLs, Literacy, Reading
Recommended Citation
Turner, Monica, "Building Fluency: A Toolkit for Supporting English Learners in Reading" (2025). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects. 1147.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_cp/1147
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DigitalCommons@Hamline
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School of Education Student Capstone Projects