Reading Fluency Checklist
Reading Fluency Checklist
Reading Fluency Checklist
Characteristics of 4 3 2 1
Fluent Reading Advance Proficient Developing Beginning
d
1 I can read all/almost all of the words
correctly.
2 I can correct myself and reread when what I
read was wrong or didn’t make sense.
3 I can read at a speed that is appropriate for
the piece.
4 I can read smoothly without many breaks.
5 I can read groups of related works and
related together.
I can notice and read punctuation.
(Example: Pauses after comma and period,
6 questions sound like questions, dialogue
like someone saying it, exclamations in an
excited voice.)
7 I can use the appropriate tone to express
the author’s meaning.
I can use facial expressions and body
8 language to match the expression in my
voice.
I can appropriate the volume and change
9 volume naturally as if I am talking to a
friend.