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Understanding Reading Fluency Essentials

Fluency is the ability to read smoothly and automatically with accuracy, expression, and attention to punctuation. It involves reading at a pace that is not too fast or too slow, phrasing words into meaningful groups, using expression in one's voice that matches the text, and paying attention to punctuation marks when reading aloud.

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Understanding Reading Fluency Essentials

Fluency is the ability to read smoothly and automatically with accuracy, expression, and attention to punctuation. It involves reading at a pace that is not too fast or too slow, phrasing words into meaningful groups, using expression in one's voice that matches the text, and paying attention to punctuation marks when reading aloud.

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  • What is Fluency?

What is Fluency?

Fluency is the ability to read smoothly and


automatically with accuracy, expression, and
attention to punctuation.

PACE
The speed or rate at which you read
The goal is to read at a “just right” pace
Not reading too fast or too slow

PHRASING
Reading smoothly by scooping or grouping
words together into meaningful phrases
Reading words in groups or phrases
Not reading words [Link].

EXPRESSION
Reading with feeling in your voice
Changing your voice to match a character
Reading like you talk (and not like a robot!)
Moving your voice up and down with the text

PUNCTUATION
Reading with attention to punctuation
Stopping at full stops
.,? !“”
MsJordanReads © 2017

Pausing at commas
Making your voice go up for question marks
Showing excitement for exclamation points
Sounding like characters talking for “quotation marks”
MsJordanReads © 2017

What is Fluency? Fluency is the ability to read smoothly and automatically with accuracy, expression, and attention to pu

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