I'm sure from your experience it SEEMED as though there was no phonics being taught. Not the same thing.
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:23 AM, Cindy <[email protected]> wrote: > I can only speak from my experience. I didn't mean to upset anyone. When > my boys were in elementary school, whole language became "the thing." They > are now 21 and 23. The schools around us taught NO PHONICS. We ended up > with a huge group of kids that were in 3rd and 4th grade, had received > little or no phonics instruction, and couldn't read. It was considered a > model school system. People came from all over to tour the school. I was > staying at home with my kids and subbing in the different schools. I also > subbed in middle school, as I said before, and there was a distinct > difference in the kids there. The ones with no phonics background had no > word attack skills for unfamiliar words. Apparently, those of you on this > board still included phonics instruction. That's wonderful, but that isn't > how it was done where we were. We made a point to move into a school system > that included phonics instruction. I use a balanced literacy approach that > includes a strong component of direct phonics instruction and have had great > success. I will now bow out of this discussion. > Cindy > _______________________________________________ > 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.
