Fluency: Fluency is the ability to read a text accurately, quickly, and with expression. Fluency is important because it provides a bridge between word recognition and comprehension. When fluent readers read silently, they recognize words automatically. They group words quickly to help them gain meaning from what they read.
Accuracy: Reading accurately means the student can focus on the text and comprehend the information they are reading because they don't have to stop and decode every word in a text. Accurate readers read with automaticity.
Comprehension: Reading comprehension is the ability to process text, understand its meaning, and to integrate it with what the reader already knows.
***Written Comprehension: Written comprehension is the ability to process text in the format of a written response when answering a question about the text.
***Written Comprehension is very important and often very challenging for students in lower grades. It is important for students to practice using these generic questions stems 2-3 times a week before, during, or after reading a text. It is very important for students to reference the text and use parts of the book in their written response.
What is the lesson/moral/central message in the story? Use parts of the story in your answer.
Describe two settings and what happened there. Use parts of the story in your answer.
Describe what happened in the Beginning, Middle, and End of the story. Use parts of the story in your answer.
Describe what happened in the beginning and end of the story. Use parts of the book in your answer.
Is ________________ a good title for this story? Use parts of the book to explain your answer.
What would be another good title for this story? Use parts of the book to explain your answer.
What is the problem in the story? Use parts of the book in your answer.
How did the character feel at ________ part of the story? Use parts of the story in your answer.
Turn to page ___. How did the character feel when he/she said_________. Use parts of the story in your answer.