Fluency Mastery Task

Procedure

1. Tell the student: Today we are going to read aloud. I am going to give you a passage to read. Do your best reading. If you get stuck on a word, do your best to read it.
2. It must be a “cold read”, or a passage that the student has never seen or read before.
3. Have the student read for 1 minute.
4. If a student struggles with a word for more than 3 seconds, provide the word and encourage the student to continue reading.
5. As the student reads, mark errors and skipped words on your copy of the text.
6. Repeat with 2 more passages at the same level.
7. After the student has read 3 passages, calculate the average accuracy and rate.

Outcome

The student will read grade level text at an appropriate rate, with 90% or greater accuracy, and appropriate prosody.

Goals

By the end of Grade 1 = Students should read 60 WCPM.

By the end of Grade 2 = Students should read 90 WCPM.

By the end of Grade 3 = Students should read 120 WCPM.

Additional Resources

Grading:

Rate or WCPM (Words Correct Per Minute)

Count the number of words read correct.

The words read correct in one minute is the rate or WPM.

Accuracy: Count the total number of words in the passage.

Accuracy = Number of words read correct / Total number of words read in the passage.

For example: 75 words read correctly out of 80 total words read = 94% accuracy

Prosody (or expression):

Rubric to grade prosody

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/understanding-and-assessing-fluency

FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions

How do you know if the students are ready for a Mastery Task?

We recommend administering a Mastery Task after an intervention, or targeted teaching of that skill, has been in place for 3 weeks. If a student appears to have mastered the skill before then, we recommend administering the Mastery Task.

What do I do with the results of the Mastery Task?

Using the results to guide your next lessons is a proactive approach to target weak skills or advance to the next skill level for students.