Mrs. markie, a first-grade teacher, believes that, from the beginning, children should be exposed to text in its complete form so that they can appreciate the communicative function of written language. which approach to teaching reading does mrs. markie take?

Mrs. Markie is taking a whole-language approach to teaching reading. Whole-language approach for teaching languages emphasizes that children should focus on meaning and strategy instruction by trying to read complete sentences to understand the communication achieved trough the language. This method contrasts with phonics-based methods that emphasizes instruction for decoding and spelling.