Fluency

Reading Development Stages:

There are five reading development stages.

Emergent Stage: The reader pretends to read. This is the prereading stage of development.

Beginning Stage: The reader reads aloud, word-by-word, using fingerpoint reading.

Transitional Stage: The reader is approaching fluency, some expression in oral reading.

Intermediate Stage and Advanced Stage:

The reader reads fluently with expression. His or her vocabulary grows with experience, reading and writing. (Bear,2004)

Bear, D.R., Invernizzi, M., Templeton, S., & Johnston, F.(2004) Words Their Way. New Jersey. Pearson Ed. Inc.