At Jackson Elementary, children are taught to read by learning to recognize entire words and sentences and to use the context words that are used in the text to guess their meaning. Their reading material consists of stories, poems, and later, newspapers and magazines. This school is using the _____ approach to reading instruction.
A) assisted-language
B) remedial-language
C) phonics
D) whole-language

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The whole-language approach focuses on teaching reading by recognizing whole words and sentences, using context to understand meaning, and engaging with complete texts like stories and poems.

At Jackson Elementary, Children Are Taught to Read by Learning