Fluent Reading Checklist
- Reads smoothly and pronounces words correctly
- Reads sentences in chunks or phrases
- Emphasizes important words
- Pauses at commas and periods
- Changes voice to show a question
- Changes voice to show a strong feeling at an exclamation point
- Reads dialogue the way someone else might speak it
Strategies to Improve Fluency
- MODEL fluent reading
- REPEAT reading
- PROMOTE phrased reading
- Provide SUPPORT
- Orally PERFORM a script