Fluency Reading

Why is it important to have good reading fluency?

• To help you understand what you are reading.

• To help you not understand what you are reading.

Reading fluency is when you read with the appropriate speed, rate, and accuracy.

• True

• False

A good reader..

• reads like a robot

• reads really fast

• reads too slow

• reads fluently, at a talking pace.

When you see a period in a sentence you should...

• read softer

• get louder

• stop or pause

• sound like the character

What does it mean to read with expression?

• to read like a robot

• to read in the same voice

• to change your voice to match what you are reading

What is the problem with reading too fast?

• you could skip important words

• you may not understand what you are reading if you are going too fast

• all of the above

When reading this sentence you should NOT...

Oh no, my dog is in the street!

• raise your voice

• read in a happy voice

• read as if you are worried

• read at an appropriate pace

A fluent reader

• reads word by word like a robot

• reads in phrases

• does not read at all

How can reading fluency be measured?

• accuracy

• prosody

• rate

• all of the above

What is rate?

• The understanding that the reader gets from reading

• The amount of words read correctly

• The speed at which a reader reads

• The expression and tone of a reader.