Many schools think they are teaching fluency, but several common classroom routines are actually slowing it down. Cold extracts, unprepared vocabulary, round-robin reading, lack of modelling, and silent reading used as fluency practice are widespread misconceptions. Real fluency teaching is simple: prepare the text, model it, rehearse it, and repeat it. Small tweaks in daily routines lead to smoother reading, better comprehension, and more confident learners (Rasinski, 2010; Shanahan, 2012;...

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