When Do You Apply Chunking for Reading?

Chunking is the grouping of words in a sentence into short meaningful phrases (usually three to five words). This process prevents word-by-word reading, which can cause lack of comprehension, since students forget the beginning of a sentence before they get to the end (Casteel, 1988).

How do you use chunking?

Chunking refers to the process of taking smaller pieces (chunks) of information and grouping them into bigger units. By taking smaller pieces of a larger whole, you can improve the amount remembered. An example of chunking is how phone numbers are put into chunks rather than one long line of numbers.

What is chunking in reading fluency?

Discuss the Attention Grabber Picture – that CHUNKING (vocabulary word) is a strategy that has you separate words into thought units when reading versus reading one word at a time. It can increase reading speed, accuracy, and expression – or FLUENCY (vocabulary word).