Organizing Idea
FLUENCY 2: Students apply fluency strategies while reading.
GR. 2 - ORGANIZING IDEA: FLUENCY
Fluency: Comprehension and literary appreciation are improved by the ability to read a range of texts accurately, automatically, and with expression.
Guiding Question: In what ways does fluency support the development of reading?
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Learning Outcome: Students apply fluency strategies while reading. |
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Letter combinations, sounds, and morphemes that can be blended quickly and accurately for reading include
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Fluency development contributes to the ability to understand messages. |
Blend sounds quickly and accurately to decode unfamiliar messages.
Apply language structure, meaning, and rapid word recognition to support fluency.
Read at a steady, comfortable pace. |
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High-frequency words include words that occur often in written language.
The ability to recognize high-frequency words with accuracy and at an appropriate rate supports reading comprehension. |
Recognizing high-frequency words supports reading comprehension. |
Read 175 high-frequency words automatically.
Read high-frequency words in sentences and texts. |
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Reading fluency is supported by
Pace is the rate at which written messages are read.
Phrasing is reading smoothly by grouping words together into meaningful phrases with punctuation.
Expression is reading with feeling in the voice and includes various movements of the voice (pitch).
Punctuation supports reading with fluency through pausing and intonation.
Quotation marks signal to the reader to align voice with characters in a written message. |
Fluent reading can engage audiences and improve comprehension. |
Read with appropriate stress on words, pausing, and phrasing.
Read with appropriate intonation and expression.
Examine punctuation in written messages to enhance fluency.
Read dialogue with phrasing and expression to engage an audience and reflect understanding. |
