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 ...

Digital platforms can help make reading aloud independently more engaging and get kids excited about literacy practice.

Students who are far from reading on grade level should not be expected to meet the higher expectations of the Common Core State Standards in a year or two, literacy expert David Liben told a group of ...

“This keeps them excited about reading.” ...

NBC 5 is Reading With You all summer long, with ways to keep your children engaged in reading while they are out of school. This week’s lesson is on fluency. According to Dallas nonprofit Catch Up and ...

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 ...

Q: What is fluency? My daughter is in eighth grade, and her whole class was just tested. The results came home that she was not a fluent reader. How can this be improved? — Needs Fluency A: Reading ...

Ed tech company Foundations in Learning, creator of the WordFlight literacy assessment and intervention for students in grades 3-8, has kicked off a new movement aimed at improving reading literacy.

Abby Houlton teaches in a special-education classroom at Brookridge Elementary School in Overland Park, Kan. Reading is a fundamental component of a basic skills-oriented education – one of the "three ...

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 ...

Note: You'll need the free RealOne Player (www.real.com) to see the video clips below. The rapid application of skills to print... One of the things we've learned in the last decade is that we can get ...