Want to Improve Early Reading Comprehension?
The following article talks about improving early reading comprehension by starting with sentence structure. I encourage parents and educators alike to review these articles to see what our students are doing and how educators and parents can help.
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By Sarah D. Sparks — April 2, 2025
Published on: Education Week – Article Link
Start with Sentence Structure
“Avoid the passive voice”is a favorite maxim of writing teachers. But for young learners, exposure to passive construction—and other more complex sentences in spoken language—may help children develop reading comprehension.
A new study on early language finds that preschool and kindergarten-aged children who have been exposed to a wider array of spoken language had better comprehension of the passive voice and other complex sentences, and they were quicker to correct misunderstandings, than peers with smaller receptive language…