WPM Reading Fluency & Speed Flashcards

Which instructional practice BEST supports fluency development through social interaction?

Answer: Partner reading or paired reading

Partner or paired reading provides immediate corrective feedback, modeling, and motivation, making it one of the most effective social fluency strategies.

What is 'reader's theater' primarily used to develop in students?

Answer: Fluency and prosody through dramatic, purposeful repeated reading

Reader's theater motivates students to practice a script repeatedly to perform it expressively, building fluency and prosody in an engaging context.

A student reads at 180 WCPM but shows poor comprehension. This pattern is best described as:

Answer: Word callers — fast decoding without meaning-making

Word callers decode rapidly and accurately but fail to construct meaning, highlighting that fluency alone does not guarantee comprehension.

When conducting a 1-minute oral reading fluency (ORF) probe, the teacher should:

Answer: Have the student read for exactly 60 seconds, then mark errors and calculate WCPM

ORF probes are standardized: the student reads for exactly 60 seconds while the teacher marks errors, then subtracts errors from total words read for WCPM.

Which error type is NOT counted as an error when scoring an oral reading fluency probe?

Answer: Self-correction within 3 seconds

Self-corrections made promptly (within 3 seconds) are not scored as errors because they demonstrate active monitoring and correction of reading.

Silent reading fluency differs from oral reading fluency primarily in that it:

Answer: Eliminates the need for prosody and focuses on reading rate and comprehension

Silent reading fluency is assessed through rate and comprehension measures rather than prosody, since no oral production is involved.