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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Very depressing to see the lifeblood being sucked out of reading in favor of PARCC scores and "science." The pendulum will surely tilt back in favor of whole language, but it sounds like it will too late for most of our kids. Comprehension is critical. Writing skills are critical. Developing a love of reading - critical. Learning buzzwords like "R Blends" are not. [/quote]

On the contrary, when kids are given no direct phonics instruction and expected to just pick it up intuitively, for some of them it works but for some of them it doesn't. Then they end up way behind, and they don't love reading at all because they aren't getting the support they need.  My DD did wonderfully with Fundations and loves reading to this day, and her comprehension and writing is outstanding. And it all rests on a foundation of early, high-quality phonics instruction.  "Whole language" is a buzzword. "R-blend" is a combination of sounds. I'm really perplexed that anyone would think learning phonics for 30 minutes is such a bad thing. They have the whole rest of the day to do woo-woo Lucy Calkins things.[/quote]

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