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What | The ability to read text accurately, at an appropriate pace, with prosody (phrasing, pausing, stress, and intonation). Click here for more information |
Why | Fluency improves comprehension through the ability to recognize words automatically, accurately, and to read text with prosody. When students are able to identify words accurately and with automaticity, they can concentrate on comprehending the text rather than decoding words. Reading fluency makes possible silent reading comprehension. |
How | Grades K-2: Students need daily opportunities to hear text read aloud in a fluent, expressive manner. Grade 1: Students should participate in daily guided repeated oral readings of familiar texts. Grade 2: Students typically show the greatest amount of growth in reading fluency at this level. They need daily opportunities for repeated readings with corrective feedback. Grade 3-5: Fluency continues to contribute to overall reading comprehension along with vocabulary and background knowledge. Students still need daily practice reading aloud with corrective feedback as texts become more complex. Grade 6: Most student will not substantially increase oral reading fluency rate and accuracy beyond grade 6; however, they still need ample amounts of reading practice in a wide range of texts to ensure they don't fall behind. (Torgeson et al., 2007) Click here for more information |
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Interventions | K & 1st Grade Research Based Fluency Activities 2nd & 3rd Grade Research Based Fluency Activities 4th & 5th Grade Research Based Fluency Activities Any resource underneath "instruct" above can be used for intervention. |
Extensions | Teachers can use above grade-level text to challenge students' reading fluency. |