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Education > Reading & Writing Skills Fluency Training as an instructional strategy: 3 of 5

Fluency is one of the most often overlooked skills that beginning readers need to possess in order to have future success in the classroom. Fluency is the ability to read naturally, quickly, and without making common errors (such as repeating words, failing to heed punctuation, or ignoring the emotional tenor of a phrase). When students are first beginning reading, their oral fluency is quite low- they may read straight through a period, fail to emphasize appropriate words, and resort to sounding out atypical spelling patterns (like saying "Tye-on" for "tion). In a world where reading a te...
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