On Sep 23, 2007, at 9:45 AM, ljackson wrote: > If we stand on the shoulders of the Goodman's and Marie Clay, we cannot > discount three cuing systems. We need to teach our readers how each > works, > and allow them to operate on them. This pendulum swing is, IMO, > largely > engineered by folks who have little understanding of reading process.
Very well and succinctly said, Lori. The sad part is that there are many people directly dealing with early reading learners who do not understand the reading process, such as the Kindergarten teacher I know who said to me, "They need to know the names of the letters before they learn the sounds." Oh? Really? I guess my Kindergartners never learned to read then, even though I didn't *teach* them the names of the letters before I *taught* them the sounds. (And how I taught them the sounds is a different story altogether. It sure wasn't by drilling of the duh duh duh type.) Renee "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." ~ Voltaire _______________________________________________ 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.
