Fluency

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Fluency

Fluency: 3 Components
1. Accurate word recogni7on
2. Automa*c word recogni7on (related to

rate)

3. Use of appropriate prosody

Accuracy
Independent level text

95% or higher accuracy

shows good comprehension
used when reading alone or with a peer

Instruc7onal level text

90% - 94% accuracy

sa7sfactory comprehension
used with teacher or peer support

Frustra7onal level text

less than 90% accuracy

shows poor comprehension
students should not read material at this
level

See Table 8.1, p. 124 in Hougen & SmarS text

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Rate or Automaticity
If a student is accurate, but not automa7c,

instruc7on needs to focus on increasing the

students automa7city at various levels -
leSer,
word,
phrase,
connected text

Rapid Letter Recognition Chart

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Rapid Word Recognition Chart

said

does

was

were

their

they

does

was

they

said

does

were

were

their

was

they

said

does

they

was

were

does

their

said

does

they

said

their

were

was

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Assessment

Oral Reading Fluency Measures

MASI-R Oral Reading Fluency Measures

Administer all three passages at the

appropriate grade level

Note: the direc7ons say Begin to start and

Thank you to nish. Do not subs*tute

language that might suggest the uency
assessment is a race

Scoring:
MASI-R Oral Reading Fluency Measures
Scoring errors:
Word skipped (omission)
Word not pronounced correctly within 3 seconds
(hesita7on)
Word is mispronounced
Each instance of mispronuncia7on

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Scoring:
MASI-R Oral Reading Fluency Measures
NOT scored as errors:
Self-correc7ons within 3 seconds
Inser7ons/added words
Varia7ons in pronuncia7on due to dialect

Scoring:
MASI-R Oral Reading Fluency Measures
Two calcula7ons:
Accuracy
Rate correct per minute (wcpm)

Reading Fluency Scoring Practice

Passage 3-A
Passage 3-B
Passage 3-C

Score/Calculate:
Accuracy percent correct
and text diculty level

Rate wcpm; compare to
Oral Reading Fluency table

Prosody NAEP rubric

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Accuracy
Percent of words read correctly
To calculate:
Number of words read correctly divided by
the total number of words read
Accuracy =
What is the students reading level?

Automaticity or rate
Words read correctly per minute
Rate = ____ words correct per minute (wcpm)

Hasbrouck & Tindel

Oral Reading Fluency Norms
How to use:
Compare students wcpm scores to the
50th percen7le score on the norms table
(see Tables 8.2 & 8.3 in your text, p.
125-126)

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Hasbrouck & Tindal Oral Reading Fluency Norms

- 117
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OK
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- 107 (Spring 3rd grade)
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-
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- 102
- 101
- 100
- 99
cau7on
- 98
- 97
- 96

1. Condence interval for 50th

percen7le is +/- 10

2. +10 to -4 Green
3. -5 to -10 Yellow (cau7on
area)

4. -11 and below Red (extra
help needed)

DIBELS:
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills

AIMSweb

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Developing Fluency
Reading, rereading and rereading
Recommended ac7vi7es:
Echo Reading
Repeated Readings
Structured Partner Reading
Choral Reading
Readers Theater
Closed Cap7oned Television

Assignments
Online module Text Comprehension
Reading:
HS Chapters 11-12: Comprehension
Next Steps pp. 185-195 (strategies)
Group Quiz in class next week over reading

and online module