[donna]

You probably had a teacher that taught phonics on the side.

“Anyone who learned to read in the last century got at least a taste of phonics, but the Dick and Jane stories actually were a calculated attack on phonics: The authors believed children learned to read best by memorizing a small handful of “sight words” and repeating them over and over — the “look/say” method. “

[Nifster]

I could already read by the time I entered school. My daughter could as well

[Gil4]

“Anyone who learned to read in the last century got at least a taste of phonics, but the Dick and Jane stories actually were a calculated attack on phonics

I know phonics was the primary focus when I learned to read ins school, and I'm 51. I remember the phonics cards posted up high all around the room. (The only one I definitely remember now is a multi-letter sound aw, with a picture of a boy with broken baseball bat.)(tragic, scarred for life by that broken bat) I did some searching - I'm pretty sure it's the Open Court reading program, but the picture I found was not the same one I remember (probably updated the artwork)

My younger siblings learned with The Letter People, which were definitely phonics-based. I didn't remember what they were called, but I remembered "Mr. T has tall teeth" and was able to find them. I remember hearing about the Dick and Jane stories, but I never actually read them.

[Scrambler Bob]

You probably had a teacher that taught phonics on the side.
= = =

I had Dick and Jane.

Look, look, oh look.

My teacher taught phonics up front. “Sound it out.”

I can still read.

But I have trouble with newspaper articles corrected with spell check. Wrong version of to, too, two. Wrong use of its, it’s. Brings me to a screeching halt.