Download or read book Fluency First!: Complete Kit, Grade 1 written by Timothy Rasinski and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2004-02-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fluency is a scientifically research-based fluency program based on the Fluency Development Lesson, cited by The Report of the National Reading Panel, 2000, as an effective instructional model developed by Dr. Timothy Rasinski and Dr. Nancy Padak from Kent State University. At the heart of Fluency First! are repeated and monitored readings of high-interest text to promote mastery of fluency, word recognition, and comprehension.