MrMartinez Wants His First-Grade Students to Be Able to Identify

question 18

Multiple Choice

Mr.Martinez wants his first-grade students to be able to identify 200 reading words at the level of automaticity.Which one of the following techniques will best help his students achieve that goal?

• A)Explain how the letters of the words are related to their pronunciation.
• B)Tell them how important it is for them to know the words.
• C)Explain how some of the letters in the words are "silent letters."
• D)Give them lots of practice reading the words.

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