Top-Down Reading Models Are Designed To

question 21

Multiple Choice

Top-down reading models are designed to:

• A) first emphasize comprehension of a whole text, then teach phonics.
• B) first emphasize phonics and word recognition, then teach comprehension.
• C) begin with sight words to identify patterns in words, then apply phonics generalizations.
• D) begin with blending sounds together to form words, then teach comprehension.

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