One of the biggest fears that new readers have is being embarrassed because they either don't know the words or have trouble pronouncing things. The best way for a teacher to alleviate this fear is to have the entire class read out loud together, in unison. This can be done by giving everyone a copy of a short piece of text or by using a projector or whiteboard to put up a large version that everyone can see. The teacher should start read the entire passage once to model it for the students and then encourage everyone to read along as they recognize the words. This teaches word recognition, cadence and proper emoting of words and doesn't single out those who don't read well.
In partner reading, a teacher breaks the students into pairs and gives them a book that's at a level that everyone in the class can read. The students take turns reading the same paragraph from their books. The more fluent reader goes first to model the correct reading for the less fluent reader. Partner reading allows a teacher to pair high level readers with lower level readers in the hopes that the one-on-one interaction between the two will result in a learning experience. It's simply impractical for a teacher to spend 30 minutes each day with every reader that needs help. By utilizing the strong readers to help teach those who are struggling, it fills both the need of the struggling student and creates a social learning experience for everyone.
Cloze reading is similar to choral reading mashed together with madlibs. A cloze reading section is a paragraph that has been modified to remove a selected type of word from various points in the paragraph. These could be important concept words, adjectives, verbs, whatever the class has been studying. The first and last sentences are left intact to allow the class to have a base to work from. The teacher reads the paragraph aloud, skipping the spaces where there should be words. The teacher then begins reading the paragraph again and asks for suggestion on what words to place in the blanks. Once a sentence is filled in the entire class reads the sentence aloud in unison. The process repeats until the paragraph is completely filled in. The class then reads the entire paragraph in unison. The teacher can ask the class if there are different words that would work in the blanks and continue the lesson by reading multiple versions of the sentences and paragraph.
Reader's theater is a perennial favorite in younger classrooms. This method takes reading from a book experience to an interactive social experience. The kids are given a script based on a dialogue-heavy children's book and are asked to memorize lines so that they can perform a skit based on their text. Memorizing lines requires reading and rereading and delivering the lines in an interactive setting and allows the kids to explore different ways to emote. These exercises are engaging and fun while they teach the kids to read more fluently.