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Reading Fluency Studies

  • Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5

Maryanne Wolf, Ed.D.
 
Fluency" has become a buzzword in the arena of reading instruction, but it can be difficult to define as a term -- and an even harder to incorporate into your curriculum as a concept. Here, Maryanne Wolf shares her research and expertise to help teachers understand the basics of fluency: precisely what fluency is, how to measure student success, and ways to help students become fluent readers.

Maryanne explains the complexity and importance of fluent reading. What is fluency? Listen


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Oral Fluency Assessment Calculator for Grades 3-5

Use the Oral Fluency Assessment Calculator when you administer tests with your students. Oral Fluency Assessment is an accurate and easy way to predict comprehension ability, determine reading fluency, and establish whether students need to be further assessed for decoding.

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Instruction for Fluent Reading

Put theory to practice with these instructional sample resources on fluency.

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New Research on an Old Problem: A Brief History of Fluency

A brief look at a history of research on reading fluency reveals how complicated and how important it is for reading's development in the child.

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Resources for Teaching Fluency

Fluency resources to help you implement theory into good teaching practice.

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Common Questions About Fluency

Answers to the four most common questions about reading fluency: 1) what is it?; 2) why do so many struggling readers have great difficulty in becoming fluent readers?; 3) how can we predict who is going to have trouble becoming a fluent reader?; 4) what contributes to making a fluent reader?
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