What's Oral Fluency?
If you are working on oral fluency, your student exhibited words per minute counts low of their current grade level. Oral fluency is defined as the ability to read with accuracy, speed, and appropriate expression. Both silent and verbal reading fall under this category. Find more information at the button below, it's a quick article that hit the important pieces to know!
How to Track Oral Fluency Progress:
Since words per minute is a number, it can be calculated and tracked, making everything easier. Below on there's an example spreadsheet, which can be one effective method to visually keep tabs on growth.
Oral Fluency Resources!
At the button below, you can find our link bank for oral fluency. As with everything here, it's a great jumping off point and should help you out a lot at first, but put promote your creativity when you get a good unique idea. The folder includes:
Passages with word counts per grade level (enough to last a long time)
A complete grades 1-6 teaching book PDF