Reading Fluency Flashcards
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Which grade-level oral reading fluency benchmark for end of second grade is most aligned with DIBELS/DORF norms referenced on the MTEL Foundations of Reading?
Answer: 90–110 WCPM
End-of-second-grade fluency benchmarks on commonly used measures such as DIBELS are typically in the range of 90–110 WCPM for proficient readers.
A teacher regularly reads aloud with expression, varying pace and intonation. According to the MTEL Foundations of Reading, what fluency skill is the teacher modeling?
Answer: Prosodic reading
Teacher read-alouds that demonstrate varied pacing and intonation model prosody, showing students what expressive, meaningful reading sounds like.
According to the MTEL Foundations of Reading, when is fluency intervention most appropriately indicated for a student?
Answer: When a student's oral reading fluency score falls below the benchmark or cut score for their grade level
Fluency intervention is indicated when a student's WCPM falls below the established grade-level benchmark or cut score on a valid fluency measure.
Choral reading as a fluency strategy is most beneficial because it:
Answer: Provides a low-risk environment where struggling readers can practice with group support
Choral reading reduces anxiety for struggling readers by allowing them to read simultaneously with peers and the teacher, providing support through the group voice.
On the MTEL Foundations of Reading, which statement correctly differentiates a fluency problem from a decoding problem?
Answer: A student with a decoding problem struggles to accurately identify words; a student with a fluency problem decodes accurately but lacks rate or prosody
Decoding problems involve inaccurate word identification, while fluency problems involve accurate but slow or expressionless reading — they require different interventions.
Why is it important for a fluency intervention to use text at a student's instructional reading level rather than frustration level?
Answer: Instructional-level text allows students to practice decoding and fluency skills without excessive cognitive overload from too many unknown words
Text at the frustration level has too many unknown words, making it impossible for students to practice fluent reading because they are spending all their cognitive resources on decoding.