Mindplay's FLRT is a fluency tool that has been designed to systematically increase reading speed while ensuring proficient reading comprehension. Layering these component skills provides each student with educationally sound practice in fluency.
Reading can be a laborious task for students who read slowly. FLRT provides visual discrimination practice while learning to read sight words and high frequency words. Continued practice using FLRT actually trains the reader’s eyes to move from left to right efficiently and to sweep in one movement. For students who use FLRT, school becomes easier, reading becomes more meaningful, vocabularies explode and higher education becomes attractive, preventing drop-outs. Students improve their reading speed from 50 to over 300 words per minute.
Feature Overview
- Student sets the initial reading speed
- Story passages include narrative and expository text
- FLRT generates random stories with each use
- Program offers decodable stories option
- Comprehension questions include varied levels of difficulty
- Each reading selection includes 5-12 questions
- Type size is adjustable to accommodate different grade levels
Lessons and Activities
- FLRT includes self-paced activities to improve reading speed and comprehension
- Question and answer technique monitors reading comprehension
- Students receive practice in comprehension and fluency using a variety of passage lengths
- Stories are graded from 0.5 to 12.0
- Sight Word activity improves automaticity of high frequency and sight words