Elementary teachers should normalize mistakes, encourage partnering and reread familiar texts with students, experts say.

For typically developing readers, fluency—or the ability to read with speed, accuracy, and expression—is often simply a product of practice. Having mastered the letter sounds, decoding rules, and a ...

Modeling fluent reading, providing support and assistance while reading, and wide and repeated reading are the building blocks of fluency instruction. Making reading fluency a part of daily classroom ...

Note: You'll need the free RealOne Player (www.real.com) to see the video clips below. Fluency and comprehension… The reason we want children to be fluent with the code, with reading, is that they ...

Welcome to Teaching in Room 9, the area's largest classroom. I'm Mrs. Forth from the Rockwood School District. We're gonna have a lot of fun this week talking about fluency. That's right, we're really ...

I recently wrote a piece about reading fluency instruction for our special report on early literacy. Sometimes I’m asked how I come up with ideas for articles. And while the majority are based on news ...

This article is part of the collection: From School to Shining School: 52 Stories from Educators Across the U.S. My 2nd grade students have been working very hard all year long on learning what ...

When it comes to teaching, educators can move beyond memorization and equip students with the tools they need for fluent, confident reading.

Reading always has been a special love of mine. Every time I go to the library, I take out as many books as I can carry or I and my companions can carry. So it comes as a shock to realize that: • ...