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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The important piece is that the youngest children (K-2) are also having phonics-based instruction. I heard Lucy Calkins adapted her curriculum to include phonics - is that accurate?[/quote]
The issue is that phonics isn't the only thing wrong with the curriculum. It is all based on theory that kids will teach themselves because everyone is intrinsically a reader, which is total nonsense.  You can't do a short phonics lesson, hand a kid a book, and expect them to teach themselves to read.   It's awful, even with a phonics add on.[/quote]

Different kids need different things. But no one can get anything different so everyone must get the same thing so no one will get what they need.[/quote]
They've done studies.  Something like 5-10% of kids can learn to read using LC.  I'm sure a few more can make progress with some additional phonics.  But the curriculum still assumes kids teach themselves, and that is a recipe for failure for most kids.[/quote]

More parent used to read to their kids and teach them at home. Expecting school to teach your kid to read is a recipe for failure for most kids.[/quote]LC was so so bad.  I knew so many parents panicking and hiring tutors when their kids weren't learning ot reading using LC.  I have also seen huge improvements in learning when schools after dropped it.  The writing coming home now with my 3rd grader is so much stronger than anything my older daughter ever wrote with LC.  It's really night and day.  Don't make excuses for it.[/quote]

What kind of writing did you see brought home at the beginning of 3rd? Asking because I have one in 2nd right now who has brought home maybe 3 pieces of written work all year. The handwriting, spelling, and writing is just really bad. But maybe my expectations are too high for an 8 year old b[/quote]
My third grader is writing 1-2 full pages per day at school.  This week they're doing a space unit.  She wrote a factual essay about Venus, a two-page paper comparing and contrasting the inner and outer planets, a creative piece inventing her own planet using vocabulary she's learned about planets, and a creative writing assignment where NASA calling her and asking her to go into space.  She's also working on a persuasive essay to convince other kids to read her favorite book.[/quote]

What kind of school is this?[/quote]Public school.  CKLA curriculum.[/quote]

CKLA is very good - Science of Reading - Phonics front and center. I wish our public schools used CKLA. [/quote]

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