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Building Fluency: Do It Well and Do It Right!

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Automaticity or Fluency?

Automaticity:
• Fast, effortless word recognition without expression.
Fluency:
• The ability to read accurately, quickly and with appropriate intonation and expression.

(Put Reading First 2001, 22)