[MOSAIC] Phonics

[Carol]

I never got phonics until I had to teach phonics--even now 20 years later I have to sound out a word first to get to the isolated sound. That's why I teach 4th. Read in the paper this morning that Bill Gates is really pushing phonics for early reading programs.  What happened to balance?
Carol/RI/gr 4
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: RR1981 at aol.com 
  To: mosaic at literacyworkshop.org 
  Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 9:05 AM
  Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] spelling lists



  In a message dated 9/22/2007 9:52:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  VCMUR at aol.com 
  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



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