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Building Fluency: Do It Well and Do It Right!

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Rate and Fluency Guidelines

Silent and Oral Words Per Minute(WPM)

  Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
Silent
 70-100
WPM		 95-130
WPM		 120-170
WPM
Oral
 66-104
WPM		 86-124
WPM		 95-130
WPM

(Taylor, Harris, Pearson and Garcia, 1995)