prereading

British  

/ priːˈriːdɪŋ /

adjective

1. of or relating to the period before reading a text, book, etc

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Example Sentences

The Osceola School District didn't respond to multiple requests for comment, but in an email to seminar participants obtained by Salon, district superintendent Debra Pace explained that "the district team received the prereading document on Wednesday and felt like we needed an opportunity to review them prior to the training in light of the current conversations across our state and in our community about critical race theory."

From Salon

Reading expert Marilyn Jager Adams calculates that parents who read actively to their children daily and play simple alphabet and phonics games provide 3,000 to 4,000 hours of prereading exposure compared with tens, hundreds, or none.

From Salon

Shanahan estimates that only two or three of the studies his panel reviewed looked at 1-, 2-, or 3-year-olds, and even those looked only at the prereading skills that underlie reading, not reading itself.

From Salon

Bush would require lessons that stress prereading and math, teachers who can teach this and evaluations to make sure it is done well.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yes, TV does help develop such prereading skills as scanning from left to right.

From Time Magazine Archive