Fluency: Part 1: Pre-Test

Directions: Please take the pre-test. The answers can be found in the answer key.

Multiple Choice
1. Automaticity is
a. the fast, effortless word recognition that comes with a great deal of reading practice.
b. accurate but slow and inefficient word recognition.
c. reading with expression.
d. Basically the same thing as fluency.

2. Round robin reading
a. is an effective way to get through text.
b. has a positive effect on fluency.
c. does not provide enough practice.
d. All of the above

3. Flash cards
a. help children’s fluency
b. practice words in isolation
c. practice words in context
d. none of the above

4. You can help your students become more fluent readers
a. by providing them with models of fluent reading.
b. by having students repeatedly read passages as you offer guidance.
c. by reading aloud to them.
d. all of the above

5. Independent level text has
a. no more than approximately 1 in 20 words difficult for the reader (95% success)
b. no more than approximately 1 in 10 words difficult for the reader (90% success)
c. more than 1 in 10 words difficult for the reader (less than 90% success)
d. none of the above

6. You can provide students practice orally rereading text by
a. choral (or unison) reading
b. tape-assisted reading
c. readers' theatre.
d. all of the above

True or False
7. Four rereadings are sufficient for most students.

8. Independent reading with minimal guidance and feedback improves reading fluency and overall reading achievement.

9. A recent large-scale study by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) of a representative sample of the nation's fourth graders found a close relationship between fluency and reading comprehension.

10. While repeated oral reading improves the reading ability of all students throughout the elementary school years, it has no effect on readers at higher grade levels.

11. It is the actual time that students are actively engaged in reading that produces reading gains.

12. Reading aloud to children provides models of fluent reading and increases their knowledge of the world, their vocabulary, their familiarity with written language ("book language"), and their interest in reading.


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