Fluency
Course Agenda
Day 1
- Introduction to Reading Fluency
- How Do Children Become Fluent Readers?
- Definitions of Fluency
- What Are the Causes of Dysfluent Reading?
- Who Remains a Slow Reader?
- Measurement of Reading Fluency
- Homework Assignment
Day 2
- Principals of Fluency Instruction
- Developmental Approaches to Fluency Improvement
- General Guidelines for Oral Reading Fluency Practice
- Alternate Oral Reading with a Model or Peer
- Simultaneous Oral Reading
- Repeated Readings
- Phrase-Cued Reading
- Cumulative Generalizable Gains
- Caveats: Less Effective Practices
- Charting Fluency Data
- More Interventions for Children with Persistent Fluency Problems
- Debriefing of Homework Assignment