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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Listen to the "Sold a Story" podcast. It's horrifying. You definitely need to take on reading instruction at home
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+1. And “horrifying” is dead on, not hyperbole.[/quote]

OP here. Yes, I listened to that but thought our school district had switched to an evidence based curriculum. Yet I am worried when they send home books/worksheets that focus on memorizing sight words/matching whole words instead of sounding out words they are ready to sound out. It feels counterproductive and frustrating for my child.[/quote]

What curriculum?

I taught all 3 of mine to read. I also focus on knowledge building in the stuff we read at home for comprehension purposes. In addition to Sold a Story look into the work of Natalie Wexler on reading comprehension and writing skills. There's so much more to actually good language arts than phonics, and schools still aren't there yet (except those using CKLA).[/quote]

So it is CKLA. I did hear there were delays in getting the materials.  And they sent home a bunch of.books from the previous curriculum.

I don't think they aren't teaching any phonics at all. I do think my child is learning the sounds associated with letters at school because I can tell she has learned that. [/quote]

To be fair, kindergarten phonics is very basic. By the time my kids were 5 they were learning what FCPS taught as 2nd grade phonics. If your kid is capable (some are, some aren't, and it has nothing to do with intelligence and everything to do with brain development timelines) of being a fluent reader by the end of K they will need phonics from home well beyond what's taught in school.[/quote]

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