Oral Reading Fiuency Parent Handout What is Oral Reading Fluency? Reading fluency 1s the abilty 0 read quick and easly, It meens that a child can recognize and de- code words accurately and automatically end understand ie words ae they are being read. Chil. fren iho do rst te20 fiuety (chopoy readers) have to work hard on Dye Mechanics of reading thet there'sno mental energy leftto think about the meaning of vihat hey are reading. How do i know if my child is reading fluenty? A simple Way to know if your cnitd 1g reading fend is to listen to hinvher read grace lavel tet ‘aloud. Have your child read = paragraph from hisher social studies, science or reading book As your child reads consider the following + How many words doos hefshe struggle with? + How easiy is erehe sounding our an uniarown word? + Ishelse reading with expression? [for example, pausing 2t commas, periods, otc ) + Can helane retell te story or summarize wnatihe paregraphistory was ebout? Many schools test students! ori reading fluency skis as & way to screen for possible reading dif. culties. Your child may be asked to read & arade level passaye for one minute. The teacher ii ‘met Calculate the ‘words correct par minute” (cpm). Chilcren who have ston g word recognitton skits and can quickty use word attack strategies when coming upon ai unknown word ate able 1 read grade level tex at an appropriate rate for that grads How can {help my child read fiuentiy? To help your child develop readin fluency + Madel twentseacing. Proviae oppomunites vinen your child can haar you read alouc. Be Bure 10 read wifi expression pausing appropriately 2 punctiaticn maris anc changna voice for nevacters + Teach your child high freasancy sight words. High frequency sight words ars words that readers are encouraged t recognize witout naving fo sound them cut. Itts estimated tat the first 100 slant words account for approximately 50% of what we ead. Were uch as ‘Te’, "anc" and “he" ate considered high trequency sight words. Thess words Can be ofacvoed an flashcards As you and your child read, point out the sign words in the stor) Some children are able to identfy the words on flash cards; however, this sel does nottranster to reading, Fointng trem out as you read haips im Yenstartng 10 read. ing the words im bool + Wher having your chic practice reading. aloud, help your child choose books at hisher indenendent eadnig level Use tne Singer mle as 8 guide, This means tat a duc ‘shouleht siniggie witi more than 5 words on a page. + Repeated reacing hes proven to be one of Iie best stategtes for develoning reading flu. tency. Children shuld be provided with’ many oppontuntbes to read the same passage (or story} ally several umes. [cis best If he adult reads te passage [paragraph story) first and then has ie child read and revead the same text. Typically reading the text 4 umes Is suggested when focusing on improving fluency shils SS Vict wn blog mehetakotsath com i i | | [ : i i i k t |Reading aloud can help with your child’s fluency