APS - Which Phonics Program did your school adopt?

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[Post New]10/02/2019 09:35
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APS - Which Phonics Program did your school adopt?

Mine chose "Lucy Calkins", which is horrifying, absolutely the worst choice ever, it shouldn't even been an option to begin with, and yet the principal selected that one!! So frustrating. Lucy Calkins teaches kids how to "guess", not how to "read".

Curious of what other schools chose. Please share your experience with reading instruction at APS, thank you!
[Post New]10/02/2019 09:43
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Could you also post which schools chose which program?

My kid gets phonics in preK, so I'm curious about what he will see in elementary school next year.
[Post New]10/02/2019 10:35
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Anonymous wrote:APS - Which Phonics Program did your school adopt?

Mine chose "Lucy Calkins", which is horrifying, absolutely the worst choice ever, it shouldn't even been an option to begin with, and yet the principal selected that one!! So frustrating. Lucy Calkins teaches kids how to "guess", not how to "read".

Curious of what other schools chose. Please share your experience with reading instruction at APS, thank you!


Please tell me which school chose Lucy Calkins, because if it's mine I may have to move.
[Post New]10/02/2019 12:20
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Is Lucy Calkins a phonics program? I'm a teacher in another state and I always thought it was just comprehension. We use Fundations in Baltimore City. It is remedial and pretty slow but our population needs it. Don't even get me started on this guessing at words based on the first letter. That enrages me as a teacher.
[Post New]10/02/2019 13:57
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Anonymous wrote:Is Lucy Calkins a phonics program? I'm a teacher in another state and I always thought it was just comprehension. We use Fundations in Baltimore City. It is remedial and pretty slow but our population needs it. Don't even get me started on this guessing at words based on the first letter. That enrages me as a teacher.


Taylor parent here.

Based on the description sent home as it related to reading, I also assumed it's reading comprehension. They also have phonemic awareness and phonics at other times of the day, but I have no idea what curriculum it's based on, maybe the same one. I do know that my kid finds phonemic awareness really boring.
[Post New]10/02/2019 14:31
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is Lucy Calkins a phonics program? I'm a teacher in another state and I always thought it was just comprehension. We use Fundations in Baltimore City. It is remedial and pretty slow but our population needs it. Don't even get me started on this guessing at words based on the first letter. That enrages me as a teacher.


Taylor parent here.

Based on the description sent home as it related to reading, I also assumed it's reading comprehension. They also have phonemic awareness and phonics at other times of the day, but I have no idea what curriculum it's based on, maybe the same one. I do know that my kid finds phonemic awareness really boring.


So Taylor is Lucy Calkins?
[Post New]10/02/2019 15:45
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I think McK is using that one now-- they mentioned it at BTS night. I know nothing about it. Is it that bad?
[Post New]10/02/2019 15:50
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:APS - Which Phonics Program did your school adopt?

Mine chose "Lucy Calkins", which is horrifying, absolutely the worst choice ever, it shouldn't even been an option to begin with, and yet the principal selected that one!! So frustrating. Lucy Calkins teaches kids how to "guess", not how to "read".

Curious of what other schools chose. Please share your experience with reading instruction at APS, thank you!


Please tell me which school chose Lucy Calkins, because if it's mine I may have to move.


McK.
Of course.
[Post New]10/02/2019 15:51
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Anonymous wrote:Is Lucy Calkins a phonics program? I'm a teacher in another state and I always thought it was just comprehension. We use Fundations in Baltimore City. It is remedial and pretty slow but our population needs it. Don't even get me started on this guessing at words based on the first letter. That enrages me as a teacher.


Especially if you are reading a math word problem and there are no pictures. APS makes stupid choices sometimes.
[Post New]10/02/2019 16:32
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Anonymous wrote:Is Lucy Calkins a phonics program? I'm a teacher in another state and I always thought it was just comprehension. We use Fundations in Baltimore City. It is remedial and pretty slow but our population needs it. Don't even get me started on this guessing at words based on the first letter. That enrages me as a teacher.


You are correct, Lucy Calkins used to be for reading and writing only, then she wanted to make more money so she now has a phonics program too, and many elementary schools are using that phonics program. I don't have a list but I know many adopted her phonics program, which sucks as bad as her other programs, if not worse. UGH!!!!
[Post New]10/02/2019 16:33
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is Lucy Calkins a phonics program? I'm a teacher in another state and I always thought it was just comprehension. We use Fundations in Baltimore City. It is remedial and pretty slow but our population needs it. Don't even get me started on this guessing at words based on the first letter. That enrages me as a teacher.


Especially if you are reading a math word problem and there are no pictures. APS makes stupid choices sometimes.


Another teacher here. My kid's school is using Lucy Calkins, needless to say, I will be tutoring her at home a lot because of that.
[Post New]10/02/2019 16:36
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:APS - Which Phonics Program did your school adopt?

Mine chose "Lucy Calkins", which is horrifying, absolutely the worst choice ever, it shouldn't even been an option to begin with, and yet the principal selected that one!! So frustrating. Lucy Calkins teaches kids how to "guess", not how to "read".

Curious of what other schools chose. Please share your experience with reading instruction at APS, thank you!


Please tell me which school chose Lucy Calkins, because if it's mine I may have to move.


Do you have to move? see list below:

Abingdon, Arlington Science Focus, Ashlawn, Barcroft, Barrett, Claremont, Discovery, Drew, Fleet, Hoffman-Boston, Jamestown, Key, McKinley, Nottingham, Randolph, Taylor
[Post New]10/02/2019 17:20
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Lucy Calkins can't really be described as a phonics program, IIRC. It's whole language. And terrible, but that goes without saying.
[Post New]10/02/2019 18:09
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Anonymous wrote:Lucy Calkins can't really be described as a phonics program, IIRC. It's whole language. And terrible, but that goes without saying.


Lucy Calkins’ So called whole language- AKA guessing with pictures, now added a phonics component, that’s what OP was referring to.

Terrible program all around, should be illegal because it’s ruining a whole generation of readers!
[Post New]10/02/2019 18:22
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Lucy Calkins has the units of study in phonics for APS in kinder and first. Kinder also has heggerty phonemic awareness.
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