Fluency Flashcards
Reading Fluency
The ability to read with Accuracy and Prosody at an Appropriate Rate
Accuracy
The reader’s ability to correctly pronounce words
Prosody
The reader’s ability to convey expression
Speed
The pace at which the reader reads the text
Strategies to promote fluency:
Teacher-Modeled Reading
Choral Reading
Supervised Oral Reading
Rereading Familiar Text
Independent Reading
Partner/Small Group Reading
Audio/Video-Assisted Reading
Readers’ Theater
Some issues that may lead to fluency problems for non-automatic readers are:
weak word identification skills
weak decoding skills
limited sight word knowledge
Some issues that may lead to fluency problems for automatic readers are:
lacking schema or background knowledge
unfamiliarity with more complex syntax
unfamiliarity with academic language
