Cindy, I deeply respect your position and can feel your pain. Just know that much was done in the name of whole language that was as far removed from the belief systems and teachings of those who got the movement rolling. Thank you for stating your position with dignity and respect.
Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist Broken Bow, NE EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:23:37 -0400 > Subject: [MOSAIC] phonics question- 2nd grade teacher > > 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.
