I cannot discount the role of phonics in the process of learning to read, but I can certainly discount much of the methodology adopted to teach it. I think that teachers who encourage much writing in the early grades and are able to effectively support emergent writers in moving from stretching words and hold those sounds to using spelling patterns and analogy do much to build phonetic understanding in their students. When this is combined with word work that draw children from letter-by-letter analysis to using chunks and analogies to figure out those tricky words, I don't know that much more is needed. I am not sure I see a reason to use some of the of the terminology (long vs. short vowels, for example), but if children are aware of patterns such as /ead/, with the knowing that sometimes it sounds like /eed/ and sometimes like /ed/, they can quickly combine this knowledge with meaning and semantics to quickly make informed judgment calls as they read and increasingly refined approximations when spelling unknown words. This is very different from those plaid phonics books, IMO, and I am thinking most upper grade teachers should be quite glad of teachers that establish this knowledge base.
Lori On 9/23/07 7:05 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ 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.
