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Define sight reading and discuss how it is promoted in the preschool classroom.
 
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What might many four-year-olds know about alphabet letters?
 
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Answer to Question 1

The ability to remember and recognize a word as a whole unique unit (word) without having the ability to sound it out is a good definition.
Labels and nametags aid word recognition and rereadings of favorite books helps the skill develop, but some children bypass sight reading and first learn to read by analyzing sound units. Having been endowed with a good visual memory is a gift.

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They have different shapes, names, and sounds and are different from numerals. They make words, including their own name. They may know the sounds of some letters and may recognize a few familiar words like stop when they see them.




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