Are there schools that still try to teach sight reading? I thought most schools had returned to phonics. No?
Designer asked; “Are there schools that still try to teach sight reading? I thought most schools had returned to phonics. No?”
Here is a wonderfully stark summation by phonics guru Don Potter:
“The situation across the nation is dramatically worse that anyone can possibly imagine. When I ask the teachers why they teach sight-words, they inevitably tell me because their students are going to be assessed on them. They are totally unaware that sight-words are positively harmful. They consider sight-words part of a good reading program that includes some phonics, not realizing that sight-words create a reflex that interferes with phonics instruction. Sight-words are an obstacle to reading, not an aid.”