It is very important to assess students in the many aspects of literacy, including word identification and fluency. In order for a student to improve in word identification and fluency, we must know where the student lies along the spectrum. Students may improve their word identification by first learning to say, read, and spell high frequency words. Students may development word identification by having a word wall in the classroom as a resource. This allows them to check for spelling and practice saying and reading the word. As a student develops their identification of words, their fluency will improve as well. To assess students fluency we want to look at their rate, or how quickly they read, automaticity, if they automatically know a word, phrasing, how they chunk their words, and prosody, reading with expression. By improving these four areas while reading, the student will become a more fluent reader!
In general when assessing students in word identification or fluency it is important to keep in mind the student’s background and experiences. Some students may not have been read to ask young children, but still have experiences they’ve gone through to contribute to the class as a whole.
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