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Confirmations:
1. Fluency "isn't all about speed, but it's part of it" pg. 15
2. Fluency is made up of two subcomponents: automaticity and prosody.

A-Ha:
1. E-A-R-S - it's multidimensional!
2. We can begin early with a focus on fluency (multidimensional fluency scale spans grade-levels).

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1. Love the acronym: EARS
2. using ranges and the multidimensional scale vs just wcpm score by grade level

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Confirmation:  Fluency is the bridge between word decoding and comprehension.

Confirmation:  Fluency BOOSTS student confidence. Especially when students have the realization that it is not about speed.

AHA: Multidimensional Fluency Scale is helpful across all grade levels - If fluency concerns are not addressed early in the early years, it is likely that those concerns will continue into the middle and high school grades.

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1. Fast does not mean fluent
2. Fluency is broken into four steps
Expression, Automatic Word Rec, Rhythm, and Smoothness

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Love the multidimensional scale! I have been using a rubric with kids that I created but I like this scale better.

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Fluent readers =meaningful phrasing.
Struggling readers=word by word reading.

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1. Fluency is not all about speed

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Fluency is not about speed.
Interrupting reading to decode affects comprehension.

A-Ha's:
There are a few more components to fluency than we have been addressing/assessing.

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1. best measured both qualitatively and quantitatively
2. norms help us determine students that are making progress

Ah-Ha
1. EARS

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Confirmations:
Multidimensional Scale Rubric
Fluency is not just how fast we read
A-Ha:
EARS acronym
Range for WCPM, and needing to be aware that reading levels increase over the year, so you need to interpret score knowing that

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Confirmations:
Fluency is not all about speed.
Fluency is made up of 2 sub-components: automaticity and prosody
Ahas:
-EARS acronym
-Looking at fluency within a range

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Aha- Emphasis of practice should be aimed at reading a text with appropriate expression.

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Aha- Emphasis of practice should be aimed at reading a text with appropriate expression.

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FLUENCY does not equal FAST!

Ah-Ha:
Fluency is multidimensional!

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Confirmation:
Fast does not equal fluent!  There is a Multidimensional Fluency scale for a reason :-)
Ah-Ha:
Love the EARS acronym!  Fluency can fall in a range!

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Confirmation:
Fluency is not all about speed
WCPM is not a number but a range

A-Ha:
But it is a part of it because slowing down to decode negatively impacts comprehension
Love the acronym: EARS

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Confirmation: WCPM score is a range, not a target number. There is much more to fluency than speed/automaticity.

A-ha: The acronym EARS is fun! And, it gives a lot of attention to the qualitative elements of fluency.

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We use the Multidimensional Fluency Scale and the 3 Minute Reading Assessments  as a component for magnet screening.

A-Ha's:
I wasn't familiar with term prosody prior to exploring this resource.

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Confirmations
- components of fluency
- multidimensional fluency scale
Aha
- acronyms EARS

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Automatically and prosody

A-Has--love the acronym
LOVE the chart ranges vs just target number by grade

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--Components of Fluency
Multidimensional Fluency Scale--We have used Rasinski's assessment in the county for a long time

A-HA's:
--EARS to remember fluency components
--Wide range of normed rates

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Quantitative and Qualitative is needed to properly assess fluency.

I like the EARS!

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Fluency is made up of 2 main components: automaticity and prosody.
AHA:
The components of fluency can be called EARS (expression, automatic word recognition, rhythm and phrasing)

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Confirmations:
2 subcomponents--automaticity and prosody
Administer regularly to see progress

A-has:
EARS (Expression, Automatic Word Recognition, Rhythm and Phrasing, Smoothness)
Target Fluency Ranges were very wide (ex: 50-110 for 3rd graders in fall)

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Four steps of fluency: EARS (acronym for the following components)
Expression
Automatic
Word Recognition
Rhythm and Phrasing
Smoothness

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Fluency is made up of automaticity and prosody..

It's not about speed, but part of it.

AHA--
EARS on the scale

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Confirmations:
1. Fluency is composed of automaticity & prosody
2. Fluency is best measured both qualitatively and quantitatively.

A-Has:
1. The EARS acronym is handy!
2. The Multidimensional Fluency Scale and scoring criteria will be a tool that I will return to.

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1.  The table on page 16 provides some helpful norms.

2. The Multidimensional Fluency Scale is a helpful resource on page 15.

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1. Fluency is made up of automatically and prosody
2.  Fluency is not all about speed
A-has
1.  EARS is used as a multidimensional fluency scale
2. comparing ORF to norms within a range gives more accurate picture of fluency progress

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1. Fluency is made up of two subcomponents: automaticity and prosody.
2. Fluency is best measured qualitatively and quantitavely

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1.  Fluency does include speed, but it also includes several other components including expression, phrasing, and smoothness.

2. Oral Reading Fluency can be quantitatively measured using WCPM.

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1. Fluency is made up of 2 subcomponents: automaticity and prosody. EARS can be used to remember the subcomponent parts - expression, automatic word recognition, rhythm and phrasing and smoothness.

2.  Fluency should be assessed regularly to monitor student's growth in this area.

Ah-has
1. We should still time student's reading to monitor ORF and compare their wcpm to the target fluency range chart. (F&P BAS training said NOT to time students reading.)

2. Multidimensional fluency scale - more detailed for each area than current fluency rubric.

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Can be utilized by students to rate and track their reading fluency

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Nice acronym for reminding teachers and students of components of fluency...not just speed