Posted on 02/21/2012 3:37:12 PM PST by BruceDeitrickPrice
Intentional communist sabotage!
Moses and Jesus are illegal, Snoop Dawg and cop killer are 24/7, and we wonder why they behave like they do???
Not using phonics to teach children to read and write English is insane.
Definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.
Look-say.
An educational disaster.
I hope the new servers eliminate the chronic double posts.
I don’t disagree with your reasoning...phonics is a good tool but from my prospective I can’t use it simply because I have a 70% hearing loss since birth...I’ve learned to sight read and memorize words for over 55 years...my handicap and I accept it...however, having said that you need to know that though my names not Johnny...I read 2 books a week on average and must have over 3000 books in my library.
I’m also an engineer (non degree) and teach and do consulting work. Again, I’m not saying phonics isn’t good...but lots of “johnny’s” can read with out it...having said that...how do you teach some to spell and pronounce “phonics” using phonics...just wondering...
My brother could read an ITA book perfectly. The only problem was that in the real world there were no ITA books and he had major problems in the transition from ITA to normal. It took him many years to catch up and recover from the damage done to him by this experiment in modern learning.
Oh for Pete’s sake, I have never heard of anyone being taught sight reading that wasn’t followed up with phonics.
Now, what you might be seeing are students with mild dyslexia, who simply cannot learn phonics without great difficulty.
Most of the best students and fastest readers are sight readers.
My niece is in 2nd grade and can now read on an 8th grade level. Her secret? I gave my sister Sig Engelmann’s “Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons” and she followed it.
(1) You learn to read by the Phonics method. McGuffey, for instance.
(2)After you master that and read a few hundred real books, you are then a sight reader.
The Ed Gurus merely tried to get the children to sight reading faster by eliminating phonics. You know what? In highly literate households where kids pick up reading on their own when they are 3 or 4, it sometimes works.
It does not work all that well for your ordinary happy-go-lucky 6-year old male first grader. I tutor maths at the Community College and these youngsters, while perfectly "nice" people are astoundingly illiterate and have absolutely none of the Western Canon under control at age 20 or so. Nada. Zip. Nuthin'. Can you spell, "Obama Voter?" Forever.
PS: If I see one more tattoo, or piercing, just send the cops to pick me up before I hurt someone. WTF? Over.
“how do you teach some to spell and pronounce phonics using phonics...just wondering...”
‘ph’ is taught as ‘f’
For example: PHone, PHoto, soPHistry, PHarmacy, etc
Look say an educational DELIBERATE disaster. See Charlotte Iserbyt’s book, THE DELIBERATE DUMBING DOWN OF AMERICA . and see who did this and why. Available on line and from Amazon in a new updated edition. Watch her hour long Alex Jones interview. The truth will set you free.
“(2)After you master that and read a few hundred real books, you are then a sight reader. “
That’s the other part of the equation. After my niece learned how to read, we gave her a ton of books. She reads every night before she goes to sleep. When I was over to babysit, I gave her the Book of Esther and she read the entire book before it was time to turn off the lights.
My four year old has been taught entirely with phonetics yet he can read all of the Dolch words through third grade. < /proud dad>
Got it...I’m still having trouble with too, to and two...love the English language...I remember going to a plant in Nottingham, England...arrived there at 8:00am their time and had jet lag big time. The plant manager came to greet me and responded by saying “He couldn’t wait to have intercourse with me”
I damn near ran from that place (intercourse to them means to have conversation)
Gave our grandson Hooked Onthe Phonicsat age 4. Be could read AND spell before starting school. Once you have the phonics programed in the brain it cannot be undone and ADD ADHD is not a problem for these kids. Our grandson read the Easter story to me from a children’s book. The ONLY word missprounced was disciples. He chose a short i rather than long. I said the word and the next night he ‘knew’ word and will for the rest of his life. Phonics is the greatest gift a child can be given for a lifetime of learning and enjoyment.
This quote has been falsely attributed to Antionette for a loooong time.
It's the old-time version of liberal smear jobs in the current media.
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