Read Naturally Case Studies
Case 7: Second Graders, Leavenworth, Kan.
JoAnn Soderlund of Leavenworth, Kan., reported that her 13 at-risk second grade students used the Read Naturally program four to five times a week. Her students’ average fluency gain was 42 words per student over 15 weeks of instruction (about three words per week). The table below (Figure 21) shows the number of words each of her students gained over the 15 weeks.
| Student | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Avg. |
| Words Gained | 21 | 50 | 63 | 57 | 58 | 30 | 45 | 40 | 42 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 42 | 42 |