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

Answer

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

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Fluency and prosody through dramatic, purposeful repeated reading

Answer

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

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

Answer

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

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

Answer

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.

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

Answer

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

WPM - Reading Test Practice Test

WPM - Reading Test Practice Test

WPM WPM Reading Fluency & Speed 2