Fun Fluency Fact

How do we develop students’ reading fluency at school?

Each day, students engage in repeated reading of the same passage, which is a simple and powerful tool for developing student’s fluency, comprehension and confidence. Students work in Fluency Pairs to build their fluency over the week. Fluency pairs is a 10 - 15 minute routine during which the teacher will model fluent reading of a carefully selected passage, students will choral or echo read the passage and will then read the same passage with their partner. Students in Years 3 - 6 have set goals to improve their reading fluency and are reflecting on the improvement of their goal. Students in K-2 will begin to set goals for their reading fluency throughout this term.

How can you develop your child’s reading fluency at home?

Parents and Carers can engage in a similar process with their child at home using a short passage from their selected reading material. This may be a text provided by the class teacher or a book that the child has selected from home or school. Allow your child to read the same passage each day for 1 - 2 minutes. Focus on appropriate pace, accuracy and expression and praise your child for their increasingly fluent reading!