A Child Reads "John Called His Mom" Instead of "John

question 15

Multiple Choice

A child reads "John called his mom" instead of "John called his mother." What does this tell us about the student's miscue?

• A)The child is focusing on phonics to decode words.
• B)The child is not reading for meaning.
• C)The miscue is not important; the child simply used a more familiar term.
• D)The child is using syntactic cues incorrectly.

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