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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is that book learn to read in 100 easy lessons or something like that. It's really very simple and short, but requires ~10-15 min of 1:1 instruction each day (and sometimes much less). I think schools should figure out how to make this program happen. Maybe it's fifth graders, or a subset of them pairing with kindergarteners, maybe it's high schoolers, maybe it's only kids who are flagged by January of K, but it is very effective.[/quote]

I actually disagree that book is simple or short, but agree that schools have to teach reading explicitly with some kind of program (does not need to be that book). I taught my DC the basics of reading using BOB books when our initial lessons with 100 Easy Lessons were too much of a slog, and then her K teacher did the rest with a very strong phonics program at school.

Though we should also teach children media literacy so that unlike OP, they don't assume that a single headline in a YouTube video of dubious origin is a reliable resource.[/quote]

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