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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LC has become the new boogie man. Much of this thread is silly hysterics. [/quote]

I don’t know.  My 6th grader can barely read. He knows the first letter but can’t read a full word that he doesn’t already know.  My 1st grader was taught phonics and reads on a 4th grade level.[/quote]

But this could also just me your kids. I mean my 4th grader is reading on a 12th grade level. He wasn't taught phonics. He is actually a true sight reader. My first grader is being taught phonics and reads on a 1st grade level.  The best method is going to change depending on the child. The problem is ignoring one method over another and not working to teach kids using the method they need .[/quote]

This is actually not the case. Reading in is always learned phonetically. Some kids learn to read well not because of whole language instruction but in spite of it. Whole language instruction has zero basis in how people actually learn to read. It is based on the premise that reading comes naturally to humans like speaking. Which, as you probably know, is wrong.

And for what it’s worth my kids both learned to read in APS schools and are extremely advanced readers so I am not freaking out. All this information is pretty easy to find on google scholar and in books on reading. [/quote]

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