My 2nd grade students have been working very hard all year long on learning what fluency is and what good fluency should sound like. At the beginning of the year, my students thought that fast reading ...

For typically developing readers, fluency—or the ability to read with speed, accuracy, and expression—is often simply a product of practice. Having mastered the letter sounds, decoding rules, and a ...

The science of reading has made a much-needed comeback in recent years, with several states enacting policies for educators training on it. However, fluency practice doesn’t have to occur only at ...

Abby Houlton teaches in a special-education classroom at Brookridge Elementary School in Overland Park, Kan. Reading is a fundamental component of a basic skills-oriented education – one of the "three ...

In my day job as an education researcher, I know that too many kids never learn to read well. Kids who don't learn to read fluently by 3rd grade will struggle as the material gets more complex. That ...

A renown cognitive psychologist is touting the importance of spelling for reading achievement. In his highly regarded new book, Raising Kids Who Read [1], cognitive psychologist Dan Willingham says ...

Get kids reading fluently. As much as you can. Have them read and write about books. That, more or less, is the key to translating the science of reading into classroom practice, according to a new ...

When it comes to reading, there's always room for improvement! And it starts at home. Even if your child can read, practicing can hone the skill and a little bit of encouragement can work wonders when ...

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ROCK ISLAND -- When Omar Perez was a kindergartner, he couldn't read or speak English fluently. Now, the second grader at Longfellow Elementary can do both. Omar, 7, is an example of the minor ...

Letters: Readers respond to a report that disadvantaged white children have lower reading fluency than other groups, leading to disengagement and school absence ...