What is fluency and why is it important?

Reading quickly and accurately; Improves comprehension, That picture is creepy

You are presented with a large block of boring text that seems to go on forever;What do you do?

Skim the whole material for the important bits

Bonus Question: How totally hawt is Eric Vuong?

Quite, Gimme some of that, like SO hawt

What can you do to make sure that you don't lose your place in the text?

Use a pen or finger to trace the words as you go

Why is moving your vocal cords while reading a bad thing?

It slows down reading speed and therefore fluency

What is the easiest thing to do to improve reading speed?

Just as Big Bird used to tell me: Practice makes perfect!

OKAYTHISONEISEASYWhat is one of the main problems with students who are taking the reading SAT?

Not having time to read the passages/Not reading fast enough

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1
What is fluency and why is it important?
Reading quickly and accurately; Improves comprehension
That picture is creepy
$$$$$$$$Fluency? Did you mean currency$$$$$$$$
Ability of matter to flow; I mean blood flow is important
2
You are presented with a large block of boring text that seems to go on forever;What do you do?
Read the first sentence of each paragraph
Ask your neighbor Bon Qui Qui for help
Skim the whole material for the important bits
Read it all head on because you're no wimp
3
Bonus Question: How totally hawt is Eric Vuong?
Quite
Gimme some of that
like SO hawt
Ew
4
What can you do to make sure that you don't lose your place in the text?
Don't stop reading (can't lose your place if you never stop)
Ask Bon Qui Qui again-that guy is great!
Use a pen or finger to trace the words as you go
Read aloud so that I can hear where I last read
5
We tend to get _____ and _____ because of time issues. This is why reading speed is important.
happy - continue to work because we have self confidence
a n g e r y - die
flustered - cry
frustrated - panic
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Why is moving your vocal cords while reading a bad thing?
It can distract you and cause you to misunderstand the text
To avoid choking
It slows down reading speed and therefore fluency
7
What is the easiest thing to do to improve reading speed?
Use any of the fine online programs like EyeQ© or Spreedr©
Just as Big Bird used to tell me: Practice makes perfect!
Avoid reading until the SAT to avoid eye strain on that day
Stay up 'til 3:00 a.m. stressing because your gonna fail ;n;
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OKAYTHISONEISEASYWhat is one of the main problems with students who are taking the reading SAT?
Print is too small
Forgetting to bring a calculator for those pesky math ?'s
Not having time to read the passages/Not reading fast enough
Not caring

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