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How to Calculate Fluency Rate
Why Calculating Correct Words Per Minute Matters We often find ourselves discussing fluency rate and the proper way to score fluency assessments. Some people are in the camp of counting ‘words per minute’. Others hold the stance of scoring ‘correct words per minute’. We firmly believe in scoring ‘correct words per minute’ because fluency is not just…
How to Use Fluency Grids to Support Emergent Readers
Developing Automatic Recognition of Letters and Sounds What are fluency grids? Fluency grids are a simple tool that provides targeted instruction for emergent readers. After careful analysis of a letter-sound assessment, the teacher can create a fluency grid with 2-6 letters requiring additional practice. When instructing emergent readers in letter/sound recognition (i.e. the alphabetic principle), the focus…
Fluency Series Part 2
A Guide for Implementing Repeated Readings to Support Fluency Part 2 of our Fluency Series is aimed to help educators provide intervention for those readers who need fluency support. How do I decide which students require fluency intervention? When analyzing a recent running record, consider the following:
Fluency Series Part 1: The Bridge from Decoding to Comprehension
Beyond the Need for Speed If someone would have asked us about fluency as brand new teachers, we might have responded with the notion that fluency is when a student reads with expression at a decent rate. While this is partially accurate, fluency is so much more than “a need for speed” and the…
Fluency
Fluency connects automatic decoding to comprehension. Fluency consists of three components: accurate decoding, automatic decoding (rate), and prosody (reading with expression and phrasing). Once students can decode words with appropriate automaticity and accuracy, they become available to focus upon comprehending the text. Surface level comprehension (i.e. literal comprehension) of the text enables students to read…