Fluency

What is fluency? 

 Fluency is the ability to read accurately, automatically, and with proper expression. In other words, the fluent reader is one whose oral reading sounds smooth and natural, like speaking.

Fluency is an important part of daily reading instruction in Frederick County. We assess student's fluency in grades 1-5 and practice good fluency reading daily. Here are some ideas that you can use at home to help with fluent reading.

Echo Reading-- involves you reading one line of a poem or story and you child repeating the same line after you. As your child’s reading improves, increase the number of lines you read.
 

Tape Recorded Stories-- provide good samples for listening to fluent reading. Have your child listen to the story and follow the text with his or her finger. Tape record your child reading his or her own story together, and
evaluate for fluency.
 

Choral Reading-- involves a story that your child has read before or one that is easy to read. Read the text together. Lead the reading by using expression and appropriate pacing. Repeated Reading involves your child reading
the same story more than once but not more than four times. Celebrate your child’s improvement.

Make sure your child is paying close attention to punctuation as they read. This is a very important part of fluent reading.