Fluency and 'problem-solving' about the meaning

• A. Emergent Reader
• B. Intermediate Reader
• C. Print Awareness
• D. Concepts of Alphabet

Answer: (B)

Focusing on fluency together with problem-solving for meaning highlights a stage where a reader can read smoothly and with expression while actively using strategies to understand the text. This combination—comfortable pace and the ability to use context, prior knowledge, and sentence structure to figure out meaning—fits the intermediate reader, who moves beyond decoding single words to making sense of longer passages.

Emergent readers are more about recognizing print and basic cues, and they often rely on pictures or memorized phrases rather than fluent reading or deliberate meaning-making. Print awareness centers on understanding that print carries meaning and how texts work, not on fluency or solving meaning while reading. Concepts of alphabet focus on letter names and sounds, not on reading fluency or comprehension strategies.