Fluency Development Fluency means reading with enough accuracy and automaticity to stay focused on meaning rather than on decoding individual words . As learners develop automaticity, they come to recognize common words and patterns more quickly and with less effort—freeing attention for comprehension ( e . g . , noticing key information, integrating ideas across sentences, and responding to what they read ) . My Way’s Approach to Fluency Reading instruction in the My Way series is grounded in the SELA ( Stepping - stones to English Literacy Acquisition ) developmental model ( Russak, 2019 ) , which describes reading development as a progression from reliance on visual cues, to phonetic decoding, to effortful—and eventually more automatic—reading . Grade Curriculum Level Reading Focus SELA Stages Grade 3 Pre - foundation Learning letters and reading simple sentences Visual Cue → Phonetic Cue Grade 4 Foundation Learning more complex phonics and spelling patterns and reading short texts ...
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