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Answer each question in 150 words each with at least 1 reference.

1.Justify why fluency is the link between word recognition and comprehension. Describe an activity that would build students' fluency skills and discuss how both word recognition and comprehension could be supported during that activity. Support your response with research.

2. Comprehension is a cross-curricular skill. Explain how comprehension affects all content areas. Choose a content area other than English language arts and provide a comprehension strategy you could use to support students in content-specific reading.