Reading Fluency Flashcards
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What is prosody in the context of reading fluency, as tested on the MTEL Foundations of Reading?
Answer: Reading with appropriate phrasing, intonation, stress, and expression that reflects the meaning of the text
Prosody refers to the rhythmic and expressive qualities of oral reading — phrasing, intonation, and stress — that mirror how fluent speakers interpret text meaning.
A student reads accurately but very slowly, decoding each word individually without grouping words into phrases. Which fluency dimension is most deficient?
Answer: Rate and prosody
Word-by-word reading that lacks phrasing indicates poor rate and prosody even if accuracy is adequate.
Reader's Theater is frequently recommended on the MTEL Foundations of Reading as a fluency intervention primarily because it:
Answer: Provides authentic, motivating repeated reading practice with a communicative purpose
Reader's Theater motivates students to rehearse (repeatedly read) a script to perform for an audience, embedding repeated reading in a meaningful, engaging context.
Which statement about the relationship between automaticity and fluency is accurate according to the MTEL Foundations of Reading?
Answer: Automaticity in word recognition allows readers to identify words effortlessly, which is essential for fluent reading
Automaticity — the ability to recognize words instantly without conscious effort — is the foundation of fluency because it frees cognitive resources for comprehension.
Echo reading is an instructional strategy in which the teacher:
Answer: Reads a line or sentence aloud while students listen, then students repeat the same line with the same expression
In echo reading, the teacher models a phrase or sentence with fluent expression and the students immediately echo it back, imitating the model's phrasing and intonation.
On the MTEL Foundations of Reading, which research-supported finding describes the relationship between silent reading practice and fluency development?
Answer: Guided oral reading with corrective feedback has stronger evidence for improving fluency than unmonitored independent reading
Research, including the National Reading Panel report, found that guided oral reading with corrective feedback has strong evidence for improving fluency, while the evidence for unmonitored independent reading is less conclusive.