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

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The approach described in the passage, where children learn to recognize entire words and use context to guess meaning, is characteristic of the whole-language approach to reading instruction. The other options (assisted-language, remedial-language, and phonics) are not consistent with the description of the approach used at Jackson Elementary.

At Jackson Elementary,children Are Taught to Read by Learning to Recognize