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An overview of fluency

Watch this video of a literacy specialist presenting an overview of fluency.

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Year level
Foundation, Year 1, Year 2
Purpose
Professional learning, Teaching resource
Topic
Fluency, Systematic Synthetic Phonics
Audience
Teachers, School leaders
Format
Video
Learning area
English
General capabilities
Literacy
Publisher

Literacy Hub

Copyright

© Commonwealth of Australia

Other terms
automaticity

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