I don't believe that anyone is proposing that labeling parts of the
classroom constitutes an entire reading program. I also don't believe
that reading instruction should be "phonics based," but rather that it
should be "meaning based" with phonics instruction being one of the
tools used.
Renee
On Aug 21, 2009, at 7:48 PM, Debbie Goodis wrote:
Hi,
My thought is that is will be considered environmental print. Much of
what we know how to read we memorized. Memorization is part of
reading, just think of our sight words. It really comes under the idea
of exposure. There is no reason NOT to label things, but with the
understanding that many will learn words this way, but some will not.
We are trying to make curriculum meet the child's needs and not the
other way around. It cannot and does not take the place of formal
phonics based reading instruction.
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that
matter."
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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