Reading Fluency Rubric 1 2 3 4 Expression and Reads in a quiet Reads in a quiet Reads with volume Reads with varied Volume voice as if to get voice. The reading and expression. volume and words out. The sounds natural in However, expression. reading does not part of the text, but sometimes the The reader sounds sound natural like the reader does not reader slips into like they are talking talking to a friend. always sound like expressionless to a friend with their they are talking to a reading and does voice matching the friend. not sound like they interpretation of the are talking to a passage. friend. Phrasing Reads Reads in two or Reads with a Reads with good in a three word mixture of run-ons, phrasing; adhering monotone voice. phrases, not mid sentence pauses to punctuation, adhering to for breath, and stress and punctuation, stress some choppiness. intonation. and intonation. There is reasonable stress and intonation. Smoothness Frequently Reads with Reads with Reads smoothly with hesitates while extended pauses or occasional breaks in some breaks, but reading, sounds hesitations. The rhythm. The reader self-corrects with out words, and reader has many has difficulty with difficult words and/ repeats words or “rough spots.” specific words or sentence phrases. The and/or sentence structures. reader makes structures. multiple attempts to read the same passage.
Reading Fluency Rubric 1 2 3 4 Expression and Volume Reads in a quiet voice as if to get words out. The reading does not sound natural like talking to a friend. Reads in a quiet voice. The reading sounds natural in part of the text, but the reader does not always sound like they are talking to a friend. Reads with volume and expression. However, sometimes the reader slips into expressionless reading and does not sound like they are talking to a friend. Reads with varied volume and expression. The reader sounds like they are talking to a friend with their voice matching the interpretation of the passage. Phrasing Reads in a monotone voice. Reads in two or three word phrases, not adhering to punctuation, stress and intonation. Reads with a mixture of run-ons, mid sentence pauses for breath, and some choppiness. There is reasonable stress and intonation. Reads with good phrasing; adhering to punctuation, stress and intonation. Smoothness Frequently hesitates while reading, sounds out words, and repeats words or phrases. The reader makes multiple attempts to read the same passage. Reads with extended pauses or hesitations. The reader has many “rough spots.” Reads with occasional breaks in rhythm. The reader has difficulty with specific words and/or sentence structures. Reads smoothly with some breaks, but self-corrects with difficult words and/ or sentence structures.