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Reading Fluency Improves Comprehension

How Reading Fluency Improves Comprehension

January 30th, 2024 2024-02-01T10:00:18-08:00 2024-01-30T20:15:06-08:00 Rick Terry Bonnie Terry Learning Rick TerryRick Terry

Reading comprehension is the ability to understand and retain the information given in the text as you read it. Reading fluency, on the other hand, is the accuracy and speed of reading without conscious attention to the mechanics of reading. A fluent reader has the ability to read and understand words automatically. They are able to more easily comprehend complete sentences and entire reading selections.

What is Fluency? How to Improve Reading Fluency

What is Reading Fluency? How to Become a Fluent Reader in 5 Minutes a Day

November 22nd, 2019 2020-04-23T18:18:36-07:00 2019-11-22T22:41:25-08:00 Bonnie Terry Bonnie Terry Learning Bonnie TerryBonnie Terry

Reading fluency is the speed and accuracy of reading without conscious attention to the mechanics of reading. In other words, a fluent reader has the ability to retrieve and read words automatically. Efficient readers are fluent readers. Multiple studies show that slow single word reading leads to both poor comprehension and frustration.

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