I never got phonics until I had to teach phonics--even now 20 years later I have to sound out a word first to get to the isolated sound. That's why I teach 4th. Read in the paper this morning that Bill Gates is really pushing phonics for early reading programs. What happened to balance? Carol/RI/gr 4 ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] spelling lists
In a message dated 9/22/2007 9:52:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Having said that, last year at my school we were presented with a great deal of research that stated that it was essential that children in grades k-2 are explicitely taught phonics in a systematic way, teaching each phoneme at a time. Cami, This is exactly why I would never go below third grade. There is also some researchers who believe that the only children who "get" phonics are those that can already read. Rosie ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
