Yes, they finally changed to a phonics-based curriculum this year and (at least for 2nd grade) it is far superior to the previous. Or maybe that's because my daughter's teacher is a reading specialist. She no longer gets to act in that capacity (man this district is crazy) but at least one class gained an amazing teacher.
Yes, they finally changed to a phonics-based curriculum this year and (at least for 2nd grade) it is far superior to the previous. Or maybe that's because my daughter's teacher is a reading specialist. She no longer gets to act in that capacity (man this district is crazy) but at least one class gained an amazing teacher.
When my older son was learning to read with the old curriculum I couldn't understand why he kept looking at the picture to try to figure out what a word was. When I found out that "check the picture" was literally one of three steps they learned in class for figuring out a tricky word, I was flabbergasted. Another step in the previous curriculum was something along the lines of "take a guess at what the word might be and see if it makes sense." Incredible. I can't remember the third step but I'm guessing it was equally unhelpful.
Yes, they finally changed to a phonics-based curriculum this year and (at least for 2nd grade) it is far superior to the previous. Or maybe that's because my daughter's teacher is a reading specialist. She no longer gets to act in that capacity (man this district is crazy) but at least one class gained an amazing teacher.
When my older son was learning to read with the old curriculum I couldn't understand why he kept looking at the picture to try to figure out what a word was. When I found out that "check the picture" was literally one of three steps they learned in class for figuring out a tricky word, I was flabbergasted. Another step in the previous curriculum was something along the lines of "take a guess at what the word might be and see if it makes sense." Incredible. I can't remember the third step but I'm guessing it was equally unhelpful.
That's a relief! These links will explain what happened and how we got here:
https://www.thefp.com/p/why-65-percent-of-fourth-graders
https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/