Exploring aspects of fluent reading and supporting phrasing in fluent reading

Reading with phrasing in fluent reading allows children to use meaning and structure sources of information to support the use of visual information, thus helping them problem solve as they read text. It also involves putting together all sources of information — meaning, language structures, and print knowledge — in an integrated and flexible manner to support the comprehension of text. When this happens, phrased and fluent reading is not simply a product of reading, but a major contributor to reading proficiency.

To monitor a child’s progress, teachers can record how the child’s reading sounded on the running record form. Did the reading sound like talking? Is the reader learning how to pause appropriately, read in phrases, and use punctuation, pitch, and stress to get the message? And are these behaviors flexible and changing over time?

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