Fluency and Accuracy
Philosophy
The National Reading Panel has included fluency as one of the critical components of reading development. Laberge and Samuels presents fluency as a theory of automatic information processing in reading as a twofold processing occurring in milliseconds. First, printed words must be decoded, second, the decoded words must be comprehended.
Fluent reading occurs when a reader is reading with appropriate pauses for breaks between language units and is using appropriate pitch and stress to convey and receive the author's intended message. (Briggs, C & Forbes, Salli. Phrasing in Fluent Reading: Process and Product)
Fluent reading occurs when a reader is reading with appropriate pauses for breaks between language units and is using appropriate pitch and stress to convey and receive the author's intended message. (Briggs, C & Forbes, Salli. Phrasing in Fluent Reading: Process and Product)
GLEs
READING FLUENCY AND ACCURACY (R-11)
Reads grade-level appropriate materials with:
- Accuracy: reading material appropriate for grade 7 with at least 90-95% accuracy
- Fluency: reading with appropriate silent and oral reading fluency rates as determined by test demands, and purpose for reading.
- Fluency: reading familiar text with phrasing and expression, and with attention to text features such as punctuation, italics, and dialogue (local)
Strategies:
- Repeated Readings
- Paired Readings
- Choral Reading
- Read Naturally
- Six Minute Solution