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What can we do to support the development of reading fluency?

What can we do to support the development of reading fluency?By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 01/12/2024

Although the development of reading fluency is less well understood than are other aspects of reading, it can be assessed by tracking a child's engagement with the text, their expression, prosody, flow and understanding, week by week.

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What can we do to support the development of reading fluency?

Reading fluency: Should it be fast or slow?

Reading fluency: Should it be fast or slow?By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 01/11/2024

When a child dials their pace of reading up or down to reflect the degree that they are assimilating meaning from the text, their nuanced and flexible response is a strong indicator that their reading fluency and comprehension are in alignment.

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Reading fluency: Should it be fast or slow?

Reading fluency is not just our goal, it’s our foundation!

Reading fluency is not just our goal, it’s our foundation!By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 01/10/2024

The Rhythm for Reading Programme is evidence-based and has been tried and tested in mainstream and special schools. It offers a cumulative structure and supports an inclusive, systematic and multi-sensory approach to the teaching of early reading.

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Reading fluency is not just our goal, it’s our foundation!

Reading fluency and three key executive functions

Reading fluency and three key executive functionsBy: Dr Marion Long Published on: 29/09/2024

How importance are ‘executive functions’ for fluency in the early stages of learning to read? Although the development of phonemic awareness is the main focus of the teaching of early reading, factors such as control of impulses are also key.

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Reading fluency and three key executive functions

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“It’s only an hour that they have with your over the time that you come in over the six weeks and for it to be able to make, for a lot of them, up to a year’s difference in their reading ability is quite amazing really.”

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