Reporters:

Delos Reyes, Rodrigues,

Lalaine L. Gomez, Tania
BEED-3A
Marilyn
BEED-3A
Jane S.
BEED-3A
"Children are made readers
on the laps of their
parents."
- Emilie Buchwald
 What is Reading
Fluency?
-Reading
fluency is a set
of skills that
refer to a
student's speed,
accuracy, and
ease of oral
reading.
 A FLUENT READER
• Recognizes most • Reads with proper
words by sight. expression.
• Is able to read aloud • Fluent reader gain more
easily, smoothly, and meaning from the what
with the rhythm of they read and enjoy
natural speech. reading more than
students who devoted all
• Decodes unknown
their energy to sounding
words quickly.
out words.
 LEARNING READING FLUENCY IS LIKE
LEARNING TO RIDE A BIKE…

Do you remember learning how to ride a

bike?
Did you take off quickly the first time?
Did it get easier the more you practiced?
Initially, you needed to concentrate hard on
pedalling and steering, staying upright, going
fast enough not to fall over, going slow
enough not to tumble.
 Why is this skill
necessary?
● Being able to read the words accurately,
quickly, and with expression allows the
reader to focus on the meaning of the text
rather than each word.
● Children who are weak in the skill of fluency
read slowly, even word. They focus on
figuring out the words instead of
understanding the meaning of what they
read.
 Timed Readings
 Practice reading for Speed.
Set a timer for 1 minute. Mark any words that
your student misses as she/he reads. At the end
of 1 minute, talk to your student about what
word(s) she/he missed.
 Practice reading for Expression.
Set a timer 1 minute. Mark any words that your
student misses as she/he reads. At the end of 1
minute, talk to your student about what word(s)
she missed.
What can you do?
1. Practice reading sight words and phrases
with speed and accuracy.
2. Provide many opportunities to practice
reading out loud to you or another family
member. Reading Fluency develops as a result
of many oppurtnities to practice reading.
3. Encourage your students to reread a text up
to 4 times out loud to you or a family member.
Reading shows that re-reading text up to 4
times produces optimum results.
DURING READING, YOUR STUDENTS IS
PRACTICING…

ACCURACY: reading the words

correctly.
AUTOMATIVITY: recognizing words
without conscious decoding.
PACE: not too fast, not too slow, but
just right to sound like natural speech.
 During Reading, you are
•
Modeling…
Expression by varying your voice tone, pitch, and volume
to reflect the meaning of the text.
• Pausing for punctuation experienced readers take short
breaths for commas, voice stopping and going down for
periods, and stopping and going up for question marks.
• Smoothness by avoiding pauses, hesitations, sound-outs,
repetitions, and multiple attempts for the words in the
text.
• Stress by creating emphasis (louder tones) on particular
words like “Did you see my adorable puppy?” or “I LOVE
reading!”
IF YOUR STUDENT IS ALREADY READING
INDEPENDENTLY GOLD THEM
ACCOUNTABLE!
1. Ask them questions about what they have read.
2. Encourage them to try books from other genres.
3. Still have the read aloud to you at least two
times a week to keep them growing as a reader
too.