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Reading Rockets: Reading Basics: Fluency Professional DocReading Rockets: Reading Basics: Fluency Professional Doc
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Reading Rockets
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Reading Rockets: Reading Basics: Fluency

Curated by ACT

Fluency is the ability to read a text accurately, quickly, and with expression. Reading fluency is important because it provides a bridge between word recognition and comprehension. To learn more about fluency, browse the articles, parent tips, research briefs, and video here.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Additional Tags

fluency, fluent reading, reading fluently, k.rf.1.1, reading rockets, fluency and expression in oral reading

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

RF.1.4.b RF.2.4.b RF.3.4.b RF.4.4.b RF.5.4.b

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