Abstract
Fluency in reading is crucial for comprehension of the written word. Traditionally we concentrate on fluency once a child is a proficient reader. However, fluency is a skill that can be successfully addressed with beginning readers. This article presents practical strategies to help beginning readers become fluent readers. Of course, these strategies are effective with proficient readers, however, the earlier we begin to use them, the sooner children will internalize the concept of fluency and practice it. These strategies are also effective with second language learners.
Highlights
L earning to read is one of the most challenging tasks we accomplish
The following strategies represent a few fluency activities which may be used with beginning readers in order to highlight the concept of automaticity
This paper presented strategies which can be used with beginning readers to impress them with the importance of reading fluently
Summary
L earning to read is one of the most challenging tasks we accomplish. While other tasks we learn such as walking, talking, and eating on our own come naturally and are essential to our everyday physical development, learning to read is a skill which is required of us, yet is foreign to our customary growth. Today’s society, is a literate society, dependent on the written word. A person who is unable to read fluently is at a disadvantage, one which severely impacts his life. While most children receive instruction in decoding, in unlocking the connection between what is spoken and what is written, in 1999 the United States (US)
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