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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope she's really, actually walking it back and not just putting lipstick on a pig. After all, Fairfax says it teaches "blended literacy," which is really just the cueing of Calkins with a tiny bit of phonics smattered around the edges.

I too am still working to undo damage done by this way for a child. I feel stressed to teach a preschooler to learn to read so that she won't even try to use the stupid picture/first letter cues. It's not good.[/quote]

OP here. Same. My preschooler is going learn how to read before K and I am going to have a meeting with the principal to confirm that he is placed with a teacher that is teaching using a phonics-based approach before he starts there (and going to say definitely NO to the K teacher my 2nd grader had).[/quote]

Teachers don’t pick and choose what to use. They are told what to use. [/quote]

OP here - I don't think this is true at our elementary school. Although FCPS uses the "blended" approach, some teachers definitely focused much more on phonics than others.[/quote]

Then they are most likely doing it on their own. At my school, if you aren't following the curriculum "with fidelity" you will get written up. Our admins and higher-ups visit a lot so it would be hard to do what you want. Thankfully, we use Fundations which works well. It's a bit slow but it focuses on mastery.[/quote]

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