Mackey is trying to encourage the development of rapid automatic word recognition with his first-grade class. In order to do this effectively, he should first teach them
A)How to look up unknown words in a dictionary.
B)How to learn the meanings of words by using context cues.
C)To consider consistent phonics generalizations and apply those to common words.
D)To memorize the order of a series of words.

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In order to encourage the development of rapid automatic word recognition with his first-grade class, Mr. Mackey should first teach them to consider consistent phonics generalizations and apply those to common words. If a student is able to recognize the sounds that letters tend to make when combined, they should be able to more quickly identify words that contain those letter combinations.

Mackey Is Trying to Encourage the Development of Rapid Automatic