Reading Fluency

Students at all grade levels are working on fluency as well as comprehension. Fluency is the ability to read with appropriate speed and accuracy. It also means using proper expression and phrasing – paying attention to punctuation. The importance of fluency cannot be underestimated. Students who struggle with fluency tend to also struggle with comprehension - Both the student who struggles with decoding and the student who races through text. “Racing readers” often pay little or no attention to the author’s message, recall important information, or think about the text.




Here are some ways readers can develop fluency…

• Repeated reading of the same text

• Oral reading - giving time for student to notice and correct errors

• Writing – and reading their own work

• Model fluent reading with your child

o You read, and then the child reads same sentence or paragraph trying to model your reading

• Turn on the closed captioning on your TV set during educational or children’s programming! Children will try to match words and spoken language as they watch programs.

As always, please feel free to contact me if you have questions or need suggestions. Kathleen.heim@oldham.kyschools.us