"Automaticity is that ability to do something quickly without a lot of conscious thought about the task". Automaticity leads to fluency, which is the ability to read smoothly and easily at a good pace. If readers are not reading fluently or automatically they are reading slowly, pausing between words, mistakes, and ignoring punctuation.
This all can lead to student being unable to form a meaning for what they are reading. Also, if a student has a lower reading rate, several pages of homework can take them hours. If a student can read faster and more fluently they may have a more positive outlook on reading.
On page 212, it is mentioned that fluency problems may be a result of tracking issues or being distracted. I guess i never really thought of many students having an issue with tracking and that causing lack of fluency.
The suggestion that caught me the most was "Prompt, Don't Correct". I very often hear students correcting each other. I even do it. In one class I am in weekly, students want to be "helpers" to struggling students which means they give words that they cannot pronounce. I never liked that idea. Prompting students gives them a chance to decode words on their own which will help them in the future.
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