First day of teaching, still no research backed curriculum for reading (phonics)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, are you at a school that is piloting the "new and improved" Benchmark curriculum, or at one that is supposed to use Really Great Reading? Either way, you just inspired me to buy this book to help my kid learn to read this year in PK so we don't have to rely on MCPS. https://www.amazon.com/Teach-Your-Child-Read-Lessons/dp/0671631985

DP. How do we figure which of these is true of our elementary?

The schools piloting the new Benchmark Advanced curriculum this year are:

Ritchie Park (K-5)
Burnt Mills (K-5 Spanish Immersion Program only)
Candlewood (K-5)
JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres (K-5)
Captain James E. Daly Jr. (K-5)
Rock Creek Forest (3-5) and (Spanish Immersion Program) (K-5)
Washington Grove (K-5)
Gaithersburg #8 (K-5)
Brown Station (K-2)
Woodfield ES (3-5)
Rosemary Hills (K- 2)
Oak View (3-5)

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/office/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. No this was a PSA about MCPS. I am long out of the school district - moved because I could not support their lies anymore about dyslexia screening and phonics and OG training. But glad I was able to help someone. MCPS is a rotten to the core place on reading and basics so taking it on yourself is worth it. If you find your child is struggling even with phonics just go over to ASDEC in Rockville. Don’t waste time with MCPS - put in for an IEP of course but they will wait for the child to fail (3rd grade) before they do de minimus. Tell me how I know…

No one moves for that. They get tutors or private school. Sounds like you work or own ASDEC. You want OG for Dyslexia, not phonics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Ah enjoy throwing those stones at glass houses but if phonics were in the schools an MCPS employee would have been on here fast. Got it - no phonics. And no, I do not work for ASDEC. It’s just so funny that one of the most successful dyslexia training facilities is in Moco yet no MCPS teachers are ever sent there.

No you're just out here saying that mcps has no phonics curriculum when you don't even know what curriculum mcps is using because you left the district.

My kid got a ton of phonics instruction last year in first grade. She was teaching me about diagraph and blends, which was very cool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Ah enjoy throwing those stones at glass houses but if phonics were in the schools an MCPS employee would have been on here fast. Got it - no phonics. And no, I do not work for ASDEC. It’s just so funny that one of the most successful dyslexia training facilities is in Moco yet no MCPS teachers are ever sent there.

No you're just out here saying that mcps has no phonics curriculum when you don't even know what curriculum mcps is using because you left the district.

My kid got a ton of phonics instruction last year in first grade. She was teaching me about diagraph and blends, which was very cool.

You realize you got lucky that they had a teacher that knew to supplement the poor curriculum, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. No this was a PSA about MCPS. I am long out of the school district - moved because I could not support their lies anymore about dyslexia screening and phonics and OG training. But glad I was able to help someone. MCPS is a rotten to the core place on reading and basics so taking it on yourself is worth it. If you find your child is struggling even with phonics just go over to ASDEC in Rockville. Don’t waste time with MCPS - put in for an IEP of course but they will wait for the child to fail (3rd grade) before they do de minimus. Tell me how I know…

So, what is your point! Not all kids do well with phonics. Mine did not.

Where did they learn phonics?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, are you at a school that is piloting the "new and improved" Benchmark curriculum, or at one that is supposed to use Really Great Reading? Either way, you just inspired me to buy this book to help my kid learn to read this year in PK so we don't have to rely on MCPS. https://www.amazon.com/Teach-Your-Child-Read-Lessons/dp/0671631985

DP. How do we figure which of these is true of our elementary?

The schools piloting the new Benchmark Advanced curriculum this year are:

Ritchie Park (K-5)
Burnt Mills (K-5 Spanish Immersion Program only)
Candlewood (K-5)
JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres (K-5)
Captain James E. Daly Jr. (K-5)
Rock Creek Forest (3-5) and (Spanish Immersion Program) (K-5)
Washington Grove (K-5)
Gaithersburg #8 (K-5)
Brown Station (K-2)
Woodfield ES (3-5)
Rosemary Hills (K- 2)
Oak View (3-5)

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/office/

So the other schools get nothing? Great. What phonics program should the rest of us use at home?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, are you at a school that is piloting the "new and improved" Benchmark curriculum, or at one that is supposed to use Really Great Reading? Either way, you just inspired me to buy this book to help my kid learn to read this year in PK so we don't have to rely on MCPS. https://www.amazon.com/Teach-Your-Child-Read-Lessons/dp/0671631985

DP. How do we figure which of these is true of our elementary?

The schools piloting the new Benchmark Advanced curriculum this year are:

Ritchie Park (K-5)
Burnt Mills (K-5 Spanish Immersion Program only)
Candlewood (K-5)
JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres (K-5)
Captain James E. Daly Jr. (K-5)
Rock Creek Forest (3-5) and (Spanish Immersion Program) (K-5)
Washington Grove (K-5)
Gaithersburg #8 (K-5)
Brown Station (K-2)
Woodfield ES (3-5)
Rosemary Hills (K- 2)
Oak View (3-5)

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/office/

So the other schools get nothing? Great. What phonics program should the rest of us use at home?

According to the link above, elementary schools are all shifting to Structured Literacy, which includes phonics: "Structured literacy centers on the systematic and cumulative teaching of the five components of reading—phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension as well as writing. This shift is supported by research on improving how MCPS teaches reading and writing."

[Anonymous]

Long left MCPS, but had a child go through 8th grade. I remember very clearly his Kindergarten orientation, where my son read a few pages to the teacher from a book. The teacher was intrigued and I told her the phonics based method I used to teach him. The teacher then proceeded to tell me, that's not the way to teach reading anymore...we don't teach phonics. Was so glad I had the foresight to do it myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought a phonics curriculum was being added this year? I wouldn’t necessarily expect it in the first day but if this has been pulled back I will be mad.

They always used phonics at our ES. Are you sure you know what you're talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Long left MCPS, but had a child go through 8th grade. I remember very clearly his Kindergarten orientation, where my son read a few pages to the teacher from a book. The teacher was intrigued and I told her the phonics based method I used to teach him. The teacher then proceeded to tell me, that's not the way to teach reading anymore...we don't teach phonics. Was so glad I had the foresight to do it myself.

Yes, not every kid learns that way. In fact, for me, phonics just slowed me down. Forcing it on me wasn't helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, are you at a school that is piloting the "new and improved" Benchmark curriculum, or at one that is supposed to use Really Great Reading? Either way, you just inspired me to buy this book to help my kid learn to read this year in PK so we don't have to rely on MCPS. https://www.amazon.com/Teach-Your-Child-Read-Lessons/dp/0671631985

DP. How do we figure which of these is true of our elementary?

The schools piloting the new Benchmark Advanced curriculum this year are:

Ritchie Park (K-5)
Burnt Mills (K-5 Spanish Immersion Program only)
Candlewood (K-5)
JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres (K-5)
Captain James E. Daly Jr. (K-5)
Rock Creek Forest (3-5) and (Spanish Immersion Program) (K-5)
Washington Grove (K-5)
Gaithersburg #8 (K-5)
Brown Station (K-2)
Woodfield ES (3-5)
Rosemary Hills (K- 2)
Oak View (3-5)

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/office/

So the other schools get nothing? Great. What phonics program should the rest of us use at home?

I can't believe our W feeder isn't on the list. Who can I call at the central office?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Long left MCPS, but had a child go through 8th grade. I remember very clearly his Kindergarten orientation, where my son read a few pages to the teacher from a book. The teacher was intrigued and I told her the phonics based method I used to teach him. The teacher then proceeded to tell me, that's not the way to teach reading anymore...we don't teach phonics. Was so glad I had the foresight to do it myself.

Yes, not every kid learns that way. In fact, for me, phonics just slowed me down. Forcing it on me wasn't helpful.

Yeah my kid prefers to look at the pictures to figure out a word than have to sound it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Long left MCPS, but had a child go through 8th grade. I remember very clearly his Kindergarten orientation, where my son read a few pages to the teacher from a book. The teacher was intrigued and I told her the phonics based method I used to teach him. The teacher then proceeded to tell me, that's not the way to teach reading anymore...we don't teach phonics. Was so glad I had the foresight to do it myself.

Yes, not every kid learns that way. In fact, for me, phonics just slowed me down. Forcing it on me wasn't helpful.

Yeah my kid prefers to look at the pictures to figure out a word than have to sound it out.

And what happens if there isn’t a relevant picture?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, are you at a school that is piloting the "new and improved" Benchmark curriculum, or at one that is supposed to use Really Great Reading? Either way, you just inspired me to buy this book to help my kid learn to read this year in PK so we don't have to rely on MCPS. https://www.amazon.com/Teach-Your-Child-Read-Lessons/dp/0671631985

DP. How do we figure which of these is true of our elementary?

The schools piloting the new Benchmark Advanced curriculum this year are:

Ritchie Park (K-5)
Burnt Mills (K-5 Spanish Immersion Program only)
Candlewood (K-5)
JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres (K-5)
Captain James E. Daly Jr. (K-5)
Rock Creek Forest (3-5) and (Spanish Immersion Program) (K-5)
Washington Grove (K-5)
Gaithersburg #8 (K-5)
Brown Station (K-2)
Woodfield ES (3-5)
Rosemary Hills (K- 2)
Oak View (3-5)

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/office/

So the other schools get nothing? Great. What phonics program should the rest of us use at home?

I can't believe our W feeder isn't on the list. Who can I call at the central office?

Not at a W. I'm glad MCPS is finally shifting to structured literacy for the sake of my preschooler. But that doesn't help my 1st grader at a school relying solely on 1st gen benchmark. There is very little phonics in that, which is why MCPS is making changes. So again, what phonic program should I be using to supplement at home?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, are you at a school that is piloting the "new and improved" Benchmark curriculum, or at one that is supposed to use Really Great Reading? Either way, you just inspired me to buy this book to help my kid learn to read this year in PK so we don't have to rely on MCPS. https://www.amazon.com/Teach-Your-Child-Read-Lessons/dp/0671631985

DP. How do we figure which of these is true of our elementary?

The schools piloting the new Benchmark Advanced curriculum this year are:

Ritchie Park (K-5)
Burnt Mills (K-5 Spanish Immersion Program only)
Candlewood (K-5)
JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres (K-5)
Captain James E. Daly Jr. (K-5)
Rock Creek Forest (3-5) and (Spanish Immersion Program) (K-5)
Washington Grove (K-5)
Gaithersburg #8 (K-5)
Brown Station (K-2)
Woodfield ES (3-5)
Rosemary Hills (K- 2)
Oak View (3-5)

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/office/

So the other schools get nothing? Great. What phonics program should the rest of us use at home?

I can't believe our W feeder isn't on the list. Who can I call at the central office?

Not at a W. I'm glad MCPS is finally shifting to structured literacy for the sake of my preschooler. But that doesn't help my 1st grader at a school relying solely on 1st gen benchmark. There is very little phonics in that, which is why MCPS is making changes. So again, what phonic program should I be using to supplement at home?

I thought all schools are shifting to structured literacy for K-2.