Shanahan on Literacy FAQs on Fluency
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Jul 27, 2024 Discover the significance of oral reading fluency in education and why it matters. Learn effective strategies for teaching fluency, including how to select the right texts. Get tips on pairing kids for reading practice and understanding the level of fluency required. This insightful dialogue emphasizes a renewed focus on fluency instruction in classrooms, ensuring educators have practical advice at their fingertips.
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Fluency Instruction Applicability
- Most students need fluency work, but those who read 150-175 WPM on high-school texts do not.
- Focus fluency instruction on students who have not reached that level.
Purpose of Fluency Instruction
- Fluency instruction aims to improve automaticity (effortless word recognition) and prosody (expressive reading).
- These skills bridge decoding with comprehension.
Improving Fluency
- Guided reading practice with feedback improves fluency.
- Teach sentence parsing and pausing for better comprehension.