The Difference Between Reading Fluency and Comprehension

Fluency is the ability to read smoothly, accurately, and with good expression while comprehension is understanding what you are reading. Here are ways to build both:

Ways to Build Reading Fluency

• Choral Reading - Reading aloud as a group in unison

• Echo Reading - The teacher will read first, student will read exactly what the teacher read right after

• Paired Reading - Students read aloud to each other

• Repeated Reading - Rereading short passages

Ways to Build Reading Comprehension

• Chunk the material by breaking the text into several smaller parts

• Look for the main idea of the text

• Use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words

• Write a summary of the text

• Visualize what you are reading

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