Examples of Instructional Procedures
Reading Recovery emphasizes the importance of phrased and fluent reading. In Reading Recovery, teachers help children develop phrased and fluent reading by

• appealing to the child’s oral language experience by encouraging fast reading of familiar texts and encouraging intonation.
• encouraging, in early lessons, fast recognition in reading and fast construction of print in writing, working toward fast responding with new learning as quickly as possible.
• demonstrating phrasing on texts in a variety of ways.
• selecting texts that will facilitate familiar reading.
• providing opportunities for multiple readings of familiar texts.
• encouraging flexibility in varying speed of oral reading to match difficulty of the text.
• using a variety of specific procedures, as needed, to promote fluent and phrased reading (see Clay, 2005)

Clay, M. M. (2002). An observation survey of early literacy achievement. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.