WPM WPM Reading Fluency & Speed 2

Question 1

Which instructional practice BEST supports fluency development through social interaction?

Accepted Answer

Partner reading or paired reading

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Silent sustained reading

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Independent reading logs

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Timed tests only

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Fluency and prosody through dramatic, purposeful repeated reading

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Decoding accuracy through phonics repetition

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Comprehension via close reading

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Vocabulary through context clues

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Word callers — fast decoding without meaning-making

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Dyslexia

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Reading fluency disorder

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Phonological deficit

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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

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Allow unlimited time and record total words read

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Ask comprehension questions after each sentence

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Let the student choose the passage

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Self-correction within 3 seconds

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Substitution of one word for another

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Omission of a word

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Mispronunciation

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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

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Cannot be measured reliably

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Is only appropriate for advanced readers

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Requires louder phonemic processing