Objective 4 Vocabulary

Question 1

Fluency

Answer 1

Reading accurately, at a good rate or speed, and with prosody (also intonation and expression). Accuracy and speed also comprise automaticity. Is necessary but not sufficient for comprehension

Question 2

Automaticity

Answer 2

reading accuracy and reading rate
This + prosody = fluency
is not enough to guarantee fluency or ultimately comprehension

Question 3

Prosody

Answer 3

Reading in meaningful phases, not like a robot. accuracy and speed of reading alone do not create fluency; this is essential for fluent reading.
This is also considered the bridge between fluency and comprehension.

Question 4

Complex Academic Text

Answer 4

Text that requires close reading and that includes varying text structures and/or unfamiliar concepts, unfamiliar or complex grammatical structures, and unfamiliar vocabulary - this is grammar and vocabulary not found in conversations

Question 5

Decodable Text

Answer 5

Text built on regular phonics patterns (cvce, cvc, vr, etc), phonograms, and high frequency words. These are easy for beginning readers who are learning phonics
Ex. Frog and Toad

Question 6

Repeated Reading, Echo Reading, Partner Reading

Answer 6

Teaching strategies that promote fluency:
Repeated Reading: Reading the same text more than once

Echo Reading: Echoing the text, sentence by sentence, after the teacher reads

Partner reading: Taking turns orally and reading a familiar text with a partner

Question 7

Reader’s Theater

Answer 7

when readers read and re-read a script that is like a play in a dramatic way. Each reader has a part in the reading of the script. This motivates children to reread the script many times to promote fluency. Lines are NOT memorized, this promotes rereading with a fun purpose