Fluency Fix-up Strategies

Accuracy:
1. Slow down your reading speed.
2. Look carefully at the words and the letters in the words read incorrectly.
3. Think about if you know the word or parts of the word. Say the word or word
parts.
4. Segment and blend the sounds of the word together.
5. Listen carefully to see if the word makes sense.
6. Reread the word in the sentence again.
7. After saying the word, use visual cues or pictures to help to say the correct word.
8. If the word still doesnt make sense, ask someone to help you.

Rate:
1. Go slower if the text is more difficult or unfamiliar, or reading for detail.
2. Go faster when the text is easy or familiar, or reading for enjoyment.

Expression:
1. Try to read three of more words together before pausing, stopping or taking a
breath.
2. Taka a big breathe and try to read to the comma or end punctuation without
stopping for another breath.
3. Be sure to raise or lower your pitch when you see punctuation marks at the end of
sentences.

Reutzel & Cooter (2008). Teaching Children to read: The teacher makes the difference.
(5th Ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education Inc. p. 185