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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is Lucy Calkins a phonics program? I'm a teacher in another state and I always thought it was just comprehension. We use Fundations in Baltimore City. It is remedial and pretty slow but our population needs it. Don't even get me started on this guessing at words based on the first letter. That enrages me as a teacher.[/quote]
You are correct, Lucy Calkins used to be for reading and writing only, then she wanted to make more money so she now has a phonics program too, and many elementary schools are using that phonics program.  I don't have a list but I know many adopted her phonics program, which sucks as bad as her other programs, if not worse.  UGH!!!![/quote]
NP here.  I would be concerned about any phonics program designed by Lucy Calkins since reading this quote by teacher and writer who works in dyslexia circles.  "A few years ago I attended a week-long Reader’s Workshop in NYC with over a thousand other reading teachers and the word dyslexia was never even whispered (yes, at a reading workshop). When a colleague of mine asked Lucy Calkins, the creator of Reading Workshop, about her approach to dyslexic students, she told an auditorium packed with teachers that the condition is over-diagnosed and quickly moved on."  Dyslexic students might represent a small percent of learners but I wouldn't trust a phonics curriculum written by anyone who was so dismissive of it.

Here is a link to the article.  https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dyslexia-action-denied-an_b_5950008?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADuomZ9D8g4niC3fG21li7pIcGgiLVNDwDNVr7G5JuH7Q_v6m94SdB_MscpdygHYos0rtTeM1gTzeDaW5ykQRufXtetVgNiP7yfdbjaNb--7VQqIYciOox7L5LYhTyL6W-uxpRX98aIrkEPK2d9MmUFq6Owft4q3kKITcarzeOD7

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Estimates from Yale Center for Dyslexia are that 1 in 5 kids has some degree of dyslexia.  Lucy Calkins and her ilk are a source of great harm to many children because they aren’t effectively training our teachers. [/quote]

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