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This video explains how to conduct a one-minute timing to assess a student's reading fluency (words correct per minute).

This video explains how to place a student correctly in Read Naturally Masters Edition or Encore. When you place a student, you choose an instructional level, set a reading-rate goal, and choose a curriculum that is appropriate for him or her.

This video explains the steps a student follows in a Read Naturally Masters Edition or Encore program. The core steps of the program implement the powerful strategies of teacher modeling, repeated reading, and progress monitoring to develop fluency. Other steps improve vocabulary and promote comprehension.

Learn the importance of fluency in attaining literacy and how the research-based Read Naturally Strategy improves fluency in developing and struggling readers.

Learn the difference between reading fluency and reading rate, the key components in fluency, and how the Read Naturally Strategy teaches these components.

Jan Hasbrouck, Ph.D., presents an overview of reading fluency, including a definition of fluency and current research on the importance of fluency, how to assess fluency, and how to teach fluency.