Fluency and Word Recognition

Literacy is a very important part of a child's schooling. In class last week we talked about fluency and word recognition which are two very important parts of literacy. Word recognition is important for students as they read and recognize certain words in a text. They should be able to understand these words and recognize them automatically. In my field placement, my CT keeps up a handful of high frequency words that the students can see every single day they enter the classroom. When the students are reading a book with the CT, she will point out these high frequency words. The students are constantly studying these words until they become automatic with their usage. When words become automatic to students, this helps students become more fluent. Reading fluency is the ability to read quickly, accurately, and with expression. Writing fluency is the ability to write quickly, coherently with automaticity and ease. A lack of decoding ability breaks down fluency. A lack of fluency breaks down comprehension. So, all of these skills are linked together to become successful at literacy. All of these components are extremely important to cover in my future classroom.