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[quote=Anonymous]Exactly PP. I teach ESOL students and many of them come to kindergarten having no English skills at all. The teachers are frustrated (and so are the admins) that these kids aren't able to decode and read by now. Um, hello? 4 months ago, they didn't know any English. They are developing their oral vocabulary. Expecting them to be at the same level as their native English speaking peers 4 months into school is absurd. The teachers are out under tremendous pressure to get the kids to a benchmark level D by the end of the year. What will happen is that maybe the kids can decode the words but they don't actually understand the words they are decoding. I just keep reminding myself that I didn't know how to read in kindergarten and I have 2 Master's degrees. My students are proficient in 2 languages by age 8-10 yrs old. Not too shabby.[/quote]
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