Oral Reading Fluency Instruction - Third Grade

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Can the student read phonetically regular spelled words quickly and accurately?	Help Me Decide Have the student: (a) read phonetically regular words You will: (b) listen for rate and accuracy Sample - Phonetically Regular Words crop, plant, bathtub, letter, number
Can the student read irregularly spelled words quickly and accurately?	Help Me Decide Have the student: (a) read irregularly spelled words You will: (b) listen for rate and accuracy Sample- Irregularly Spelled Words couple, would, knight, laugh, answer, young
Does the student adjust reading rate based on purpose, text difficulty, form, and style?	Help Me Decide Have the student: (a) orally read a selection from a fiction text at independent reading level, and (b) orally read a selection from a non-fiction text at independent reading level You will: (c) listen for features such as: expression, word accuracy, and attention to text structure and punctuation
Can the student read connected text with appropriate phrasing and proper expression (prosody)?	Help Me Decide Have the student: (a) orally read connected text at independent reading level You will: (b) listen for features such as: phrasing, automaticity, expression, and pausing at punctuation
Can the student meet Oral Reading Fluency expectations for this time of year?	Help Me Decide Have the student: (a) complete the DIBELS ORF assessment for the appropriate time of year You will: (b) compare the results to the DIBELS Risk Levels Chart.

For more information refer to the Fluency section.

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