Fluency Instruction
According to the National Reading Panel (2000), fluency is the ability to read text with speed, accuracy and proper expression. Fluent readers are able to read most text effortlessly, allowing them to focus on comprehension, the main purpose of the act of reading. Fluency develops as the reader is given the both the opportunity to listen to examples of fluent reading, and practice reading a given texts repeatedly. The latter can be part of a teacher-directed lesson, or student-to-student, or even an independent activity.
[National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction. (2000). A Report of the National Reading Panel.
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/nrp/upload/smallbook_pdf.pdf
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