iRubric: Reading Fluency Rubric

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Reading Fluency Rubric Reading Fluency Rubric Use this rubric to gauge a student's prosody when reading aloud. Rubric Code: WX3BBBW By charito64 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Reading Grade Levels: 9-12

Reading Fluency Rubric
	5 pts	4 pts	3 pts	2 pts	1 pts
Expression	5 Employs, consistently, strong expression and tonality, varies pitch and pacing, adds dramatic emphasis.	4 Attempts, inconsistently, to employ expression and tonality, varies pacing and pitch, occasional dramatic emphasis.	3 Very little expression and tonality, little variation in pacing and pitch, no dramatic emphasis.	2 Reads in flat monotone with little or no expression.	1 Reads in a flat monotone.
Smoothness/Pacing	5 Observes all punctuation marks; picks up on all shifts in speaker or author style; consistently smooth reading.	4 Observes punctuation marks most of the time; picks up on most shifts in speaker of author style; generally smooth reading with any difficulties quickly resolved through self-correction;	3 Observes common punctuation marks (e.g. periods, commas), but may disregard other ones; occasionally picks up on shifts in speaker or author style; occasional breaks in smoothness caused by difficulty with specific words or structures.	2 Observes some punctuation, but not consistently; Attempts to recognize shifts in speaker or author style; more than 2 "rough spots" in text with extended pauses and hesitations OR reads too quickly.	1 Disregards punctuation; does not pick up on shifts in speaker or author style; frequent, extended pauses, hesitations, false starts, repetitions and/or multiple attempts.
Phrasing	5 Reads in phrases or complete sentences 100% of the time.	4 Reads mostly in phrases or complete sentences.	3 Reads mostly in phrases.	2 May occasionally group 2-3 words into meaningful units.	1 shows little evidence of connectivity or phrasing.
Accuracy	5 Does not make errors when reading text; May stumble on 1 or 2 words, but self-corrects.	4 May stumble over decoding, but infrequently; does not affect content of text.	3 Frequently stumbles over decoding; 2-3 stumbles affect content.	2 Spends more time on decoding than expression; more than 3 stumbles which affect content.	1 Reads haltingly;<BR> may pause at length to study individual words; many mistakes affect content.