Rodney's first-grade teacher exclusively uses a phonics approach to teaching reading. She emphasizes decoding new words and learning the relationship between letters and sounds. With so much emphasis on basic skills, Rodney could
A) become deficient in understanding the overall meaning of a passage.
B) shift from learning to read to reading to learn.
C) fail to master letter-sound correspondences.
D) decrease his fluency in decoding words.

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By exclusively using a phonics approach, Rodney's teacher may be neglecting the development of comprehension skills. Rodney may become proficient at decoding new words, but he may struggle to understand the overall meaning of a passage.

Rodney's First-Grade Teacher Exclusively Uses a Phonics Approach to Teaching