Reading Fluency Rubric for ____________________________ Date___________
Passage
Title____________________________________________________________
Criteria
Accuracy
Prosody
(expression)
Fl Fluidity/
S Smoothness
Loudness
1
Mispronounc
es most of
the words.
Frequently
substitutes
words for
other words.
2
Frequently
mispronounces
words.
Frequently
substitutes
words for
other words.
3
Seldom
mispronounces
words.
Seldom
substitutes
words for
other words.
4
Correctly
pronounces
most of the
words exactly
as they are
written.
Uses no
variety in
tone or uses
inappropriat
e voice
tones.
Uses little
variety in
voice tone.
Uses some
appropriate
voice tones.
Reads
choppy
(word by
word)
Infrequentl
y pauses for
punctuation
marks or
inappropriat
ely pauses.
Reads too
softly for
audience to
hear.
Infrequently
chunks
phrases.
Occasionally
pauses
according to
punctuation
marks.
Reads the
text by
chunking some
phrases.
Usually uses
appropriate
pauses
according to
punctuation
marks.
Reads most of
the text
loudly enough
for audience
to hear.
Mostly uses
appropriate
variety of
tones to
convey
emotions of
characters or
story events.
Reads most
of the text
like natural
speech.
Pauses
appropriately
for most
punctuation
marks.
Reads with
inconsistent
volume.
Reads entire
text loudly
enough for
the audience
to hear.
5
Correctly
pronounces
and
enunciates all
of the words
exactly as
they are
written.
Uses
appropriate
variety of
voice tones to
convey
emotions of
characters or
story events.
Reads the
entire text
like natural
speech.
Appropriately
pauses
according to
the types of
punctuation
marks.
Reads entire
text
adjusting
volume to
create
emotional
effect
G. Paredes 2007
Hawthorne School District