Fluency
A measure of accuracy
Reading Fluency
The ability to read text accurately, quickly, and with expression
Median score
Words read correctly per minute
Prosody
The ability to read text orally using appropriate phrasing, intonation, and attention to punctuation
Round Robin
In this method, all students in the class read aloud from the same book, regardless of their reading levels
Guided Reading
A teaching approach designed to help learners build an effective system for reading a variety of increasingly challenging text over time
Fluency Development Lesson (FDL)
Students chorally read passages of 50–150 words in length and designed for primary level students
Fluency-Oriented Reading Instruction (FORI)
recommends the use of grade level, or “heavy passages,” For oral reading as opposed to the use of instructional or independent-level passages
Wide Reading
Reading text only once, either silently or orally
Read Alouds
Models expressive reading for students while explaining how tone inflection, or stance can be used to understand the ideas the author is attempting to convey
Whole Class Choral Reading (WCCR)
Teacher and class read a piece of text at the same time
Assistive Technology (AT)
Via-ble supplement to alternative approaches
Graphophonemic Strategies
Involve looking at the letters in words by breaking a word into parts or matching letters and letter combinations with the sounds they make
Syntactic Strategies
Involves figuring out whether the word sounds right in the sentence, as if someone were talking.
Semantic Strategies
Focuses on whether or not a word makes sense in a sentence
Partner Reading
Cooperative learning strategy in which two students work together to read an asssigned text
