Balanced reading is an approach to teaching reading that
A) combines the whole language and phonics approaches.
B) recommends that we not teach reading before children enter kindergarten.
C) allows the child decide for himself or herself what the child wants to read.
D) allows the adult decide what the child will read, but lets the child decide how much he or she will read.

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Balanced reading combines the whole language approach (emphasizing meaning and context) and the phonics approach (emphasizing decoding skills). It does not recommend delaying teaching reading until kindergarten or solely letting the child decide what to read.

Balanced Reading Is an Approach to Teaching Reading That