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To: Chode

“all our kids learned to read phonetically at home and well before the rest of their class “

So here are my questions (based on my other response, which wasn’t as friendly):

1) Did you EVER try to get them to read ANY words by sight (i.e., memorizing the shape of the word) before they could sound out words?

2) Are any of them crappy readers today?

3) Do any of them have dyslexia?

4) Do you see ANY value at all in doing Sight Words first, or in parallel with phonics?


16 posted on 01/02/2012 8:04:40 PM PST by BobL ("Heartless" and "Inhumane" FReepers for Cain - we've HAD ENOUGH)
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To: BobL

There list is great. Works every time.

http://www.nrrf.org/essay_Explicit_or_Implicit_Phonics.html


23 posted on 01/02/2012 8:18:49 PM PST by savagesusie (Right Reason According to Nature=Just Law.)
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To: BobL
no to all the above...
27 posted on 01/02/2012 8:23:34 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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