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Why is fluency important? “Fluency is important because it provides a bridge between word recognition and comprehension.” (Reading Links, 2002, p. 9). Fluency doesn’t ensure comprehension, but comprehension is difficult without fluency. If a reader is constantly stopping to decode and figure out unknown words, most likely meaning will be disrupted and the process of reading becomes long and laborious. When students make gains in reading fluency, they are able to put their energies into comprehension and are able to analyze, interpret, draw conclusions, and infer meaning from texts. In order to implement fluency teaching into reading instruction, teachers need to be aware of the three components of fluency. The 3 Components of Fluency · Accuracy: Also known as automaticity, it refers to the person's ability to read words in a text. · Rate: The speed a person reads. · Prosody: Refers to stress, intonation, and pauses. Commonly known as "reading with feeling". _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
