
CHAPTER 10: FLUENCY INSTRUCTION
Objectives
As a result of reading and studying this chapter students will be able to:
- Identify and explain the three elements of fluency instruction
- Define independent silent reading and identify ways in which a teacher can provide opportunities for its use (inside and outside of the classroom)
- Explain the limitations of using independent silent reading for fluency instruction for beginning or struggling readers
- Identify and explain methods of assisted reading instruction
- Identify and explain methods of repeated oral reading instruction
- Recognize how to choose text for fluency practice in terms of text length, content, and level of difficulty
- Sequence the steps in determining the level of text difficulty
- Identify the percent of reading accuracy for the independent, instructional, and frustration levels of difficulty
- Describe how a teacher can provide a model of fluent prosodic reading for her students
- Identify the grades in which students can improve fluency by practicing reading aloud with corrective feedback
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