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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 5 Grade 6 Grade 7
Silent
 160-210
WPM		 180-230
WPM		 180-240
WPM
Oral
 108-140
WPM		 112-145
WPM		 122-155
WPM

(Taylor, Harris, Pearson and Garcia, 1995)