A story that is made up and is not based in reality.

Questions that are straight from the text, the reader can go back and find the answer word-for-word.

The tactics fluent readers use as they are reading. Examples include: asking questions, making predictions or creating mental images.

When a child reads silently to themselves.

When a child automatically fixes mistakes that they made while reading.

Reading what you have already read.

The speed at which a child read a section of text. You can calculate this by taking the number of words in the passage and multiplying them times 60. Then divide that number by the time in seconds it took for them to read that passage. For instance, if the

Expressing the meaning of words by using your voice. It includes things such as using punctuation to combine words, collecting words into phrases that have meaning, and using intonation.

Errors that kids experience while reading.

Using the sound of your voice to convey meaning. For example, your voice inflects up a bit at the end of asking a question {a part of prosody}.