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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As the parent of a native English speaking but language disordered kid, OP, I can say that there is a lot about the failure to educate EL kids that also applies to non-EL kids.

I was extremely uncomfortable when I volunteered as a reading aide during the pandemic in MCPS and it became clear to me that the 1st grader - whose home/native language was Spanish - I was assigned to was being given no effective reading instruction, but she was tasked to do a lot of comprehension and writing work that was completely above her skill level. She could not identify the sound/symbol association for any letters.  As a parent of a dyslexic child, I cannot understand why children - whether ESL or not - have no access to effective phonologically-based decoding instruction.  Kids will never be able to attend to meaning if they do not reach a place of fluent automatic decoding on a subconscious level, so that their cognitive effort can focus on meaning. This has to be achieved in K and 1st or within the first year or two of schooling for non/native speakers otherwise those kids are getting left behind.

And, explicit instruction for vocabulary acquisition, word structure, sentence structure, spelling and grammar are non-existent for all MCPS students, whether EL or not.  There are many non-EL, non-disability diagnosed students who will learn without explicit instruction or get taught by parents or tutors, but many who won't/don't and whose outcomes and opportunities become more limited. [/quote]

But the district has invested in a phonological curriculum for ES and in Science of Reading professional development for teachers.  So what’s missing?  Do teachers need more PD?  Is more instruction for how to teach dyslexic students needed?[/quote]

They've made an investment in a system that doesn't help students. So they can't just throw it in the dumpster, where it belongs. and go with something else.[/quote]

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