Tag: fluency

Dyslexia and Difficulty with Short Words

One of the hallmark reading challenges for individuals with dyslexia is difficulty with the shortest words in a text. Sometimes, these words are misread. ‘The’ becomes ‘that,’ and ‘his’ becomes ‘this.’ Sometimes, readers just skip over these words altogether. This is perplexing to a lot of people. Shouldn’t the shortest words be the easiest to […]

Components of the Reading Rope: Sight Recognition

When educators hear the term “sight recognition,” they often think of a student’s ability to visually identify how to say a word without needing to decode it. But within Scarborough’s reading rope, sight recognition actually goes deeper than that. It refers to the process by which students identify the spoken word and its possible meaning […]

How to Talk to Your Kids About the Books They Read

Many parents have a go-to list of questions to ask their kids after they’ve finished a book. “What was your favorite part?” and “Who was your favorite character?” are some of the most popular. And while engaging kids in this type of reflection after they read is great, there are so many more ways to […]

Strategies for Improving Reading Fluency

Reading fluency refers to a student’s ability to read in a way that sounds natural. It includes students’ reading rate, the expression with which they read, and the accuracy of what they are reading. Fluency is separate from the skills of decoding and comprehension. Students can have strong decoding and comprehension skills and weak fluency […]

Chunking Text to Develop Reading Fluency

Many students face obstacles when developing reading fluency. Once they’ve mastered phonics rules and spelling patterns, they often become stuck. They have been in the habit of reading single words at a time, and habits are hard to break. They are able to read longer sentences, but they do so in a way that is […]