Sentence reading brings all early reading skills together. When your child reads simple sentences, they're combining sight words, decoding, and comprehension.
Builds phonemic awareness, letter-sound connections, decoding ability, and reading fluency.
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Sentence reading means being able to read a complete simple sentence, combining sight words, decoded words, and basic comprehension. It brings together all early reading skills.
Most children begin reading simple sentences between ages 5 and 6, after they have built a foundation of letter sounds, sight words, and blending skills.
Use decodable readers with short, simple sentences. Point to each word as your child reads. Celebrate progress and re-read favorite pages to build fluency.
Word reading focuses on individual words, while sentence reading requires tracking multiple words, understanding word order, and making meaning from the whole sentence.
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