Teaching and Assessing Fluency- Training PowerPoint (pdf file) for Teaching Staff

This comprehensive training package is intended for whole school training of teaching staff. The objectives are to define reading fluency and explain why it is so important to teach. To introduce evidence-based teaching of fluency and offer suggestions for establishing class routines and timetabling. Covering teacher assessment, identifying students with low fluency and providing fluency intervention. Several training and support ideas, links and resources are also provided.

This fluency training presentation is intended for students from Kinder/Prep to Year 6. Can be used to train professionals working with for older students with literacy difficulties or disorders such as dyslexia.

Teaching reading fluency is crucial; it directly impacts a student's ability to comprehend and understand what they read. Fluency bridges word recognition and comprehension, it is one of the key components of learning to read. Less fluent readers must allocate more resources to decoding, leaving little time to concentrate on meaning. Fluent readers can focus on making meaning from the text allowing them to engage with complex ideas and learn more effectively. 

There are three components of fluency: accuracy in word recognition, reading rate being the speed of word recognition, and prosody; the study of the tune and rhythm of speech and how these features contribute to meaning. Other literacy areas like phonological awareness, vocabulary, grammar and punctuation are also related to fluency.

• Intended for kinder/preps to Y6 or older students with reading difficulties/disorders.
• The PowerPoint presentation is made up of 45 slides
• Comprehensive training is provided.
• A range of evidence-based teaching methods to develop fluency are provided.
• Whole school assessment training included.
• Intervention for students identified with low fluency.
• Opportunities for teacher discussion are offered.
• Classroom practice examples and links to resources to support class teaching

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