Reading readiness

All children can learn to read by being read to and by reading good literature.

• True
• False

Learning to read is a natural process like learning to speak.

• True
• False

A good pre-school and kindergarten literacy experience guarantees that a child will
continue to learn to read proficiently by the end of grade 3.

• True
• False

A good reading strategy for determining an unknown word is to look at the first letter of the word, say the sound, and think of a word that begins with that same sound that might make sense in the sentence.

• True
• False

Children should not be required to decode nonsense words.

• True
• False

Teaching phonics to children will destroy their love of literature.

• True
• False

Baby's first step in reading is to

• to enjoy the sound of the reader's voice

• babble along with the reader

• look at the pictures

• draw their own pictures

A child's readiness to read depends largely on the

• environment caregivers create

• cleanliness of the home

• focus of the reader

• books read to the child

Enjoying books is vital to

• learning to read

• learning to sing

• learning to write

• learning to speak

Associating sounds with certain ___________ is an important step in learning to read.

• letters

• words

• colors

• tones