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4 Steps to Building Fluency with Text

1. Repeated Readings

• Read the same passage several times.
• Aim to reduce the time and number of errors with each attempt.
• Use this strategy with students individually, with a peer, or in small groups.

2. Goal Setting

• Identify the number of correct words to read per minute.
• Set a goal to read farther in the passage or make fewer errors.
• Define weekly learning targets to monitor progress overtime.
• Identify an end of year grade level target for number ofwords read per minute.

3. Corrective Feedback

• Give immediate feedback if student makes an error.
• Have the student sound out and repeat the word.
• Have the student go back and re-read the sentence.

4. Graphing Performance

• Let students see their progress by having them graph their performance.
• Have students compare their first read-through to the next read-through.
• Have students track their targets and progress overtime.

Suggested Citation

National Center on Improving Literacy (2020). 4 Steps to Building Fluency with Text. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Special Education Programs, National Center on Improving Literacy. Retrieved from https://www.improvingliteracy.org.