Teachers' Corner Oral Reading Fluency Reading Services Center

SUBJECT:	Oral Reading Fluency
COURSE OR GRADE:	2-12
GOALS:	Supports this Learner Characteristic: Has reading skills consistent with reading tasks required.
WHO:	Teachers 2-12 Students who have these characteristics: basic word recognition skills prerequisite knowledge necessary to succeed in school language conventions, vocabulary, and syntax to support learning Students who are unable to: read smoothly with appropriate phrasing, intonation, or observation of punctuation understand what they are reading because they are looking at all the letters and reading word by word
WHEN:	If students need to work on their fluency, daily practice is recommended until smooth reading is mastered.
TEACHING PROCEDURES/ STUDENT PRACTICE	Echo Reading Neurological Impress Choral Reading Predictable Language Taped Reading Reader's Theater
CHECK-UP:	On a daily basis, monitor the development of student fluency in small instructional group situations. Note: Having students who are struggling with fluency read orally in large group activities without allowing them to have rehearsals or practices may be counterproductive.
FOLLOW-UP:	If students continue to have fluency difficulties after six weeks of modeled activities, a Student Assistance Team may be necessary.
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